Cold War

Match the following

• Who coined the phrase "iron curtain" during a speech on March 5, 1946.

• Winston Churchill

• In order to break the Soviet blockade against West Berlin in 1948, the United States and Great Brita

• the Korean War

• Which word best describes the U.S. policy towards communism in the 1950s and 1960s?

• Containment

• After the fighting in the Korean War ended in 1953, the communist controlled what portion of Korea?

• Berlin Air Lift

• In which conflict was containment successful?

• North Korea

Match the following

• Capitalism

• A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country.

• Iron Curtain

• How did the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 come to an end?

• Communism

• During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the USA?

• the spread of Communism

• An economic system based on private property and free enterprise.

• Missiles were removed

• A term popularized by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to describe the Soviet Union's policy of isolation during the Cold War. The barrier isolated Eastern Europe from the rest

Who was  the United States Senator who went on a hunt in the U.S. for communist.

• Nikita Khrushchev
• Joseph McCarthy
• Joseph Stalin
• JFK

This is a type of government where the government has complete control of the country. 

• Communism
• Socialism
• Democracy
• Government

This type of government is ran by the people.

• Socialism
• Communism
• Democracy
• Government

This is the name of the Organization that was created by Western European Countries, America and Canada to help contain the spread of Communism.

• United Nations
• Alliance
• League of Nations
• NATO

In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain "when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?

• •European nations needed to build more factories
• •Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe.
• •The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful.
• •There was a division between the communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe. 

The Cold War was a time of tension between the United States and the former Soviet Union. In 1962, the United States was involved in
the Cuban Missile Crisis. Which was the importance of this event?

• •The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to provide aid to Cuba.
• •The United States attacked Cuba.
• •The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba.
• •The United Stated placed missiles in Cuba.

In 1950, the United States and other countries from the United Nations became involved in the Korean War. What was the cause of this war?

• •North Korea attacked South Korea to spread communism.
• •South Korea wanted to drive out troops from Vietnam.
• •North Korea attacked China to spread communism.
• •South Korea attacked North Korea to spread democracy.

This was an ACTUAL wall that separated Berlin. It separated the communist side from the democracy side. Why did they put the wall up?

• Iron Curtain
• Berlin Wall
• Berlin Airlift
• Great Wall of China