OL-Cold War Review

Which two countries were considered to be the "Superpowers" after WWII? (choose 2)

• Germany

• United Kingdom

• United States

• Soviet Union

During the Cold War, the Western Bloc (U.S. and its allies) formed NATO. What did the USSR and its allies form to counter this alliance?

• Yalta Conference

• Berlin Wall

• Warsaw Pact

• Iron Curtain

What did the "Iron Curtain" symbolize?

• The division of Germany between the allies

• The divide between democratic and communist countries

• The border between North and South Korea

• The division between Eastern and Western Berlin

Which of the following choices best describes the U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War to "prevent the spread of communism?"

• Containment of communism

• Whoever smelt it dealt it

• The enemy of my enemy is my friend

• Whoever supplied it denied it

• The War on Terror

What was the name given to the buildup of weapons during the Cold War?

• Space Race

• Bombageddon

• Arms Race

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Nuka-palooza

Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• end of the Vietnam War

• collapse of the Soviet Union

• fall of the Berlin Wall

Type of government where the government owns everything and makes all the decisions.

• Constitutional monarchy

• Direct democracy

• Republic

• Communist

Which leader came up with the term "Iron Curtain"?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Harry Truman

• John F. Kennedy

• Winston Churchill

• Nixon Bunch

The wall that divided the capital of Germany into two parts was called?

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin

  Wall

• Russian Curtain

• Containment of Germany

• The Marshall Plan

Examine the image of each perspective.

The policies on both sides showed what?

• Lessening of competition between the superpowers

• Increased competition for neutral countries to influence them to their side

• Capitalism vs Democracy

• Communism taking over the world one country at a time