Cold War Test Review

The United States and the Soviet Union became _______________ after WW2.

• Supermen

• Ultimate Powers

• Superpowers

• Guardians of the Galaxy

The promise that Stalin broke in regards to the "satellite" nations during the Yalta & Potsdam Conferences was they would:

• Allow free elections within the countries

• Withdraw Soviet troops from the countries

• Restore former borders that the countries had

• Help Japan rebuild their country

Which country is NOT a permanent UN Security Council member?

• France

• Russia

• China

• Germany

• Great Britain

This political leader coined the term "Iron Curtain" during a speech:

• Josef Stalin

• Harry Truman

• Douglass MacArthur

• Winston Churchill

This was the democratic safe zone behind the Iron Curtain (aka Berlin Wall):

• South Munich

• East Berlin

• West Berlin

• North Budapest

The Truman Doctrine was formed based off the U.S. policy of _______ at the beginning of the Cold War.

• bottlement

• containment

• entertainment

• entrapment

This plan helped rebuild Europe and discouraged many countries from becoming communist:

• McCarthy Plan

• Churchill Plan

• Marshall Plan

• Save the Capitalists Plan

Nikita Khrushchev became the president of the Soviet Union after the death of:

• Vladmir Lenin

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Josef Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

He became the leader of China in 1949 and established a communist government:

• Mao Zedong

• Chaing Kai-Shek

• Kim Il Sung

• Ho Chi Minh

What was the result of the Korean War? (two answers)

• A cease fire was signed

• North Korea won the war

• South Korea won the war

• A peace agreement was signed

• They are still at war.