Unit 6 Cold War, Decolonization, Genocide and Terrorism

After WWII, Stalin established ______ in Eastern Europe

• communist states

• democratic states

• independent nations

• city-states

Who was the leader of the USSR during WWII?

• Hitler

• Churchill

• Roosevelt

• Stalin

After WWII, the Cold War began. What was the Cold War?

• peace and tranquilty between the USA and USSR

• tension and competition between the USA and USSR

• a war with the bombing of Eastern Europe

• tension between the USA and Great Britain over who will control Germany

After WWII, the 2 superpowers in the world were

• USSR (Soviet Union) and France

• Germany and USA

• USA and USSR (Soviet Union)

• USSR (Soviet Union) and South Korea

One cause of the cold war was

• differing political ideals

• same political beliefs

• Germany winning WWII

• the fight over territory

The president who called the USSR an "evil empire" was

• Joseph Stalin

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Harry S Truman

• Ronald Reagan

After WWII and the invention of rockets, the USSR and USA competed to get to the moon first. This was called the

• Arms Race

• Space Race

• Moon Race

• War of the Worlds

The US was involved in the Korean War because

• the US wanted to take over Korea

• they wanted to contain communism

• they wanted to spread communism

• North Korea attacked Pearl Harbor

The Korean war ended as a stalemate and

• Korea was divided at the 38th parallel like before

• North Korea took over South Korea

• Korea became one country

• South Korea became communist

The Marshall Plan

• provided weapons to Great Britain after WWII was over

• bombed the USSR

• divided Germany

• provided aid (money) to Western Europe