World Civ Cold War Review

Which is true of the situation in Europe and Japan after WWII

• They were heavily taxing their citizens to pay for the war

• Their infrastructure was destroyed and their economies were ruined

• They had a thriving post-war economy

• They were isolating themselves from the world

What did the Soviet Union and United States disagree about after WWII?

• What to do with the peace treaties with their enemies

• What to do with their armies now that their enemies were defeated

• How to rebuild nations destroyed in WWII

• How to handle the prisoners of war

What happened to Germany after WWII?

• Germany was divided and governed by the allies

• Germany tried to make amends for the Holocaust

• Germany sent aid to the destroyed countries after the war

• Germany began to rebuild their armies

What is the United States’ economic system?

• Socialism

• Communism

• Democracy

• Capitalism

What was the Soviet economic system?

• Capitalism

• Democracy

• Communism

• Socialism

All of the following define the Cold War EXCEPT

• Defensive Pacts

• Peaceful negotiations

• Proxy Wars

• Fear of Nuclear War

What were Stalin’s goals after WWII?

• To access new foreign markets

• To work with the west to build new technology

• To rebuild Germany better than it was

• To create a buffer between the USSR and Western Europe

The political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II

• The Iron Curtain

• The Metal Shield

• The Steel Wall

• The Concrete Barrier

Why would European countries no longer support their colonies?

• They realized it was a humanitarian issue

• They no longer had the armies to defend them

• They could no longer afford it

• Colonialism stopped being profitable

What key leader promoted a philosophy of nonviolence and passive resistance in India?

• Nelson Mandela

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Martin Luther King

• Muhammad Ali