Cold War Vocab Quiz

The term used to describe the geopolitical, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991 is (a)   .

• Berlin Wall
• Iron Curtain
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact

(a)   was primarily formed for mutual defense against aggression, originally between North American and European countries during the Cold War.

• Warsaw Pact
• United Nations
• NATO
• Truman Doctrine

What was the collective defense treaty signed among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War? (a)  

• NATO
• United Nations
• Warsaw Pact
• Iron Curtain

Which doctrine stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere? (a)  

• NATO
• Truman Doctrine
• Berlin Wall
• McCarthyism

(a)   is the international organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among its member countries.

• Warsaw Pact
• NATO
• United Nations
• Iron Curtain

(a)   refers to the campaign against alleged communists in the U.S. government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

• Truman Doctrine
• NATO
• McCarthyism
• Berlin Wall