Cold War

What two superpowers emerged from WW2?

• Germany
• Poland
• France
• USA
• USSR

What is communism?

• The Ussr domination over Eastern European countries
• System where the government owns the factories and natural resources and controls the production of goods
• The system where the people own the government and factories and they have free will
• People are free to make their own decisions and have their own free will, free of governmental control

What were the most significant reasons for the Cold War?

• America's policy of containment to stop the spread of communism
• The Soviet Union's domination over Eastern European countries
• WW2 caused great stress and financial hardship for the USSR and they wanted to retaliate
• The U.S. was democratic and capitalist; The USSR was dictatorial and communist

The Soviet Union controlled the side of Berlin.

• North
• South
• East
• West

Bringing supplies to West Berlin was known as the

• Berlin Aircraft
• Berlin Airlift
• Plane operation
• USSA Air

What does NATO stand for and what is is for?

• North Allied Treaty Agreement, was an alliance for protection against Communist aggression
• North Atlantic Treaty, was an alliance for protection against Democratic aggression
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was an alliance for protection against Communist aggression
• North Allied Treaty Organization, was an alliance for protection against Communist aggression

What is the Warsaw Pact?

• IDK
• Soviet union formed a defense alliance again Communism
• USSR and USA formed a defense alliance
• Soviet Union and its allies formed a defense alliance

Who was the Senator who accused the state department officials of being Communist?

• Joseph Stalin
• William Mckinley
• Joseph McCarthy
• Joseph McAllister

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• USA made atomic bombs
• In 1962, the US learned that the USSR had built missile launching pads in Cuba
• USSR built missile pads in China
• The USSR had threatened Cuba with atomic bombs and the USA had to react

T/F After the Vietnam war, the two Vietnams reunited and rejected communism

• True
• False