Chapter 33: Restructuring the Postwar World

Stalin promised Eastern Europe would have free elections at the ________.

• Yalta Conference

• Potsdam Conference

• Munich Conference

• Bretton Woods Conference

The main goal of the United Nations was to __________.

• Protect members from aggression

• Promote world peace

• Foster international cooperation

• Establish global security

Which of the following events brought the world close to a nuclear war in the 1960s?

• Space Race

• Dropping of the atomic bomb

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Construction of the Berlin Wall

The most important goal of the Soviet Union was _______.

• To protect itself from future invasions

• To spread communism

• To increase its economic power

• To expand its territory

Winston Churchill described the divide between Democratic West Europe and

Communist East Europe as ________.

• An Iron Curtain

• A Cold War

• A Berlin Wall

• A Great Wall

After WWII, Germany was split into two countries. US, Britain, & France united their zones, calling it _____________.

• The Federal Republic of Germany (AKA West Germany)

• The German Democratic Republic (AKA East Germany)

• The German Empire

• The Weimar Republic

This city, located in East Germany, was also divided into zones.

• Berlin

• Munich

• Hamburg

• Dresden

This strategy to stop the spread of Communism called for foreign policy which tried to block Soviet influence, stop expansion of Communism by forming alliances, and helping weak countries resist Soviet advances. This strategy was called __________.

• Containment

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Berlin Airlift

This strategy to stop the spread of Communism called for giving economic and military aid to countries who rejected Communism.

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Marshall Plan

• The Berlin Airlift

• Containment

This strategy to stop the spread of Communism was an assistance program designed to give aid to needy European countries in the form of food, machinery, and other materials to help them rebuild.

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Containment

• Berlin Airlift