U7 Review

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union based its economy on ​ (a)   where property, farms, and industries are owned by the government

President Truman established a foreign policy of ​ (b)   with a goal of keeping communism from spreading to other countries.

The ​ (c)   gave $400 million dollars to Greece and Turkey to stop the spread of communism in those locations. It is an example of containment.

The ​ (d)   gave economic assistance to Western Europe to help rebuild after the war. The purpose was to stop the spread of communism. It is an example of containment.

• communism
• containment
• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan

The ​ (a)   was the United States fear if one country fell to communism, then the neighboring countries would also fall.

An ​ (b)   is when countries compete to have the most powerful weapons. This included nuclear weapons during the Cold War.

​ The ​ (c)   was a conflict that started after WWII between the United States and the Soviet Union. There wasn’t any direct fighting. The only issue was that each country thought the other was a threat to their safety.

The United States and the Soviet Union were the two world ​ (d)   during the Cold War. They had different political and economic ideologies. The United States supported capitalism and democracy and the Soviet Union supported communism and a dictatorship.

• Domino Theory
• Arms Race
• Cold War
• super powers

Match the countries to their correct Military Alliance

Groups:

(a) Warsaw Pact

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(b) NATO

• Italy

• East Germany

• Soviet Union

• Poland

• France

• Great Britain

• Romania

• USA

Organize these characteristics into the right economic systems

Groups:

(a) Captialism

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(b) Communism

• no private property

• government ownership of businesses

• equal distribution of wealth

• profit motive

• customer choice

• competition in business

• private ownership of businesses

• centralized government control

The Soviet Union set up the Iron Curtain in order to -  

• serve as a buffer between the Soviet Union and its enemies

• prevent foreign ships from delivering supplies to Soviet controlled harbors

• extract iron from the Ural Mountains to help support their industrial growth

• train and develop future military leaders

This is a cross-sectional diagram of a major operation ordered by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. The flight pattern illustrated in the diagram was designed to allow an airplane to land every three minutes. Why was this operation undertaken?

• To enable a rapid withdrawal of troops from a war-torn city

• To deploy substantial invasion forces

• To provide supplies to a blockaded city

• To rescue thousands of stranded political refugees

The growth of ​ (a)   in the United States and the Soviet Union were most characteristic of the ​ (b)   War

• nuclear arsenals
• Cold
• spaceships
• Korean

What was the cause of the Berlin Airlift?

• United States' blockade of East Berlin
• French government's blockade of West Berlin
• Soviet Union's blockade of West Berlin
• German government's blockade of Berlin

How did the Allies respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?

• Ignored the situation and focused on other conflicts
• Organized a massive airlift operation
• Sent ground troops to invade Berlin
• Imposed economic sanctions on Germany

What was the effect of the Berlin Airlift?

• It caused a famine in West Berlin
• It led to the end of the Soviet Blockade of West Berlin

• It resulted in the annexation of West Berlin by the Soviet Union
• It led to the formation of the European Union