Chapter 27: World War II and the Cold War

Which of these events led to the breakup of the Soviet Union?

• The arms race & government overspending

• An attempt to overthrow the government by pro-democratic forces

• Democratic reforms brought on by Mikhail Gorbachev

• All of these

Who was the last Soviet premier (leader)?

• Boris Yeltsin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Borat Sagdiyev

The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of TWO global superpowers. What were those TWO superpowers?

• Japan & China

• United States & Japan

• Great Britain & Soviet Union

• United States & Soviet Union

True or False: After World War II Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany.

• True

• False

When Germany was divided between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union after World War II, Germany's capital city of _______________ was also divided.

• Prussia

• Berlin

• Austria

• Bismark

One of the biggest changes to the United States after World War II was _______________________________.

• that we lost our freedoms.

• we ended isolationism.

• we became a communist country.

• we were owned by Great Britain.

Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union?

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Benito Mussolini

• Emperor Hirohito

As the iron curtain (imaginary line between East and West Germany) fell the _______________ between the United States and the Soviet Union began.

• War of the States

• World War III

• Cold War

• Soviet War

In 1948, the Soviets blocked ALL supplies from getting into West Berlin. How did the U.S. and the other Allies manage to still get supplies into West Berlin?

• train

• boat

• plane

• bicycles

U.S. and Allied airplanes delivered supplies into West Berlin for 321 days! This was known as the _____________ ________________.

• Iron Airlift

• Great Planes

• Operation Airplane

• Berlin Airlift