Review for Cold War Quiz #3

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

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

Who was the communist leader of China during most of the Cold War?

• Chang Kai Shek
• Mao Zedong
• Fidel Castro
• Ho Chi Minh

Who was the communist leader of Cuba during most of the Cold War?

• Chang Kai Shek
• Mao Zedong
• Fidel Castro
• Ho Chi Minh

What term means the easing of tensions for a time between the Soviet Union and the United States?

• Detente
• Laissez faire
• Proxy War
• Coup D'état

Select any of the sides that were allied with the United States during their proxy war?

• North Vietnam
• North Korea
• South Africa
• Palestine
• South Korea

Select any of the things that showed the effects of détente during the Cold War?

• Signing of the Limited Test Ban Treaty
• The Bay of Pigs invasion
• President Nixon visits China
• US sends troops to Vietnam
• Soviets place nuclear missiles in Cuba