Cold War

US and their allies created this organization in 1949 and were known as what?

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Allied Powers

• United Nations

Soviet Union and their allies during the Cold War were united under what?

• Allied Powers

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

What type of policy did the US take on dealing with Communism?

• Containment

• Espionage

• Iron Curtain

• Island Hopping

Which of the following was not a way in which the Cold War was fought?

• Space Race

• Spying

• Direct combat between the US and the USSR

• Arms Race

The ______________ was a symbol of the cold war and of Soviet influence, but not an actual real line you could see.

• Berlin Wall

• Iron Curtain

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

The ______________________was a 17 billion dollar financial aid package for all countries in Europe to help them recover from the war and to help to stop these countries from falling to Communism (aka the European Recovery Program)

• Truman Doctrine

• Lend-Lease Act

• NATO Package

• Marshall Plan

The wars in Korea and Vietnam are best examples of what?

• Proxy Wars

• Espionage

• Infantry Wars

• Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan

This stated that the USA would help all free people fighting against outside pressure.  More specifically, it offered 400 million dollars of aid to Turkey and Greece so that they could resist the pressures of Communism.

• Marshall Plan

• Lend-Lease Act

• Truman Doctrine

• Neutrality Acts

What German city had its east and west portions separated for about 30 years?

• Munich

• Berlin

• Hamburg

• Frankfurt

When the Soviet Union instituted the Berlin Blockade, effectively cutting off West Berlin from the rest of the world, what was the result?

• Supplies were airlifted to the people of West Berlin for over 1 year

• West Berlin ultimately became a part of the Soviet Union

• The citizens of West Berlin starved and were forced to cut a deal with the USSR

• Nothing happened, the blockade was lifted after a few weeks