Cold War

True or False: The Cold War was not a war

• True

• False

When the West wanted to create a capitalist and free West Germany, the Soviets responded by blockading supplies into West Berlin. The West got around this by airlifting supplies into Berlin in what became known as…

• The Truman Drop

• Operation Enduring Resolve

• The Marshall Plan

• The Berlin Airlift

This gave financial aide to European countries affected by World War II, so they would not fall under the sway of communism.

• M.A.D

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• N.A.T.O

 This stated that the U.S should support countries under threat of Communist take over.

• N.A.T.O

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• M.A.D

This policy stated that so long as there was a large stockpile of nuclear weapons held by both sides in the Cold War, there would be peace because use of those weapons would lead to mutual destruction.

• M.A.D

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• N.A.T.O

This organization began as an alliance of capitalist countries during the Cold War.

• M.A.D

• N.A.T.O

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Warsaw Pact

This organization was an alliance of communist countries during the Cold War.

• The Warsaw Pact

• M.A.D

• N.A.T.O

• The Truman Doctrine

The Communists that took control of China after World War II were led by…

• Deng Xiaoping

• Xi Jinping

• Mao Zedong

• Chiang Kai-shek

The U.S backed Chinese nationalists, known as the Kuomintang, were led by

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Deng Xiaoping

• Mao Zedong

• Xi Jinping

The Kuomintang, who opposed the Communists in China, were forced to flee to _____________ from mainland China.

• South Korea

• Taiwan

• Vietnam

• Japan