Review for Cold War Quiz #2

What was the name of the organization formed by Joseph Stalin to direct communist activity in the satellite countries in Eastern Europe?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Cominform
• Truman Doctrine

The idea that economic aid would create strong European allies which sent billions of dollars to help rebuild war-torn countries was called what?

• Marshall Plan
• Warsaw Pact
• Cominform
• Cold War

The real physical barrier between a part of Eastern and Western Europe, that stood as a symbol of the division between democracy and communism.

• Berlin Wall
• Containment
• United Nations
• Iron Curtain

The US policy to officially prevent the spread of communism while not attempting to overturn it where it already existed.

• Berlin Wall
• Containment
• United Nations
• Iron Curtain

After Soviets closed all links to West Berlin attempting to starve out the 2.3 million people living in West Berlin, how did the Americans and British respond?

• They built the Berlin Wall to protect the democratic people of West Berlin from communism
• They built nuclear missile silos in Cuba leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis
• They created the United Nations, a strong multi national organization that works toward world peace.
• They organized and performed the Berlin Airlift flying 2.3 million tons of supplies into Berlin

What multinational organization was formed at the Yalta and Potsdam conferences as a place for all nations to come and discuss foreign relations rather than go to war?

• League of Nations
• United Nations
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact

What multinational organization was formed as a defensive security agreement between democracies that were allied with the United States?

• League of Nations
• United Nations
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact

What multinational organization was formed as a a response by the Soviet Union to other groups, and included their satellite nations in Eastern Europe

• League of Nations
• United Nations
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact

Which of the following things are associated with the Soviet ideologies during the cold war?

• Communism
• Capitalism
• Elections
• Economic equality
• Authoritarian Power

Which two of these events showed the increase in tensions between the United States and Soviet Union that is normally called the Arms Race?

• Development of the Hydrogen bomb
• The creation of the United Nations
• The launch of Sputnik
• Both nations building ICBM's
• The new policy of détente