Chapter 12 The Cold War

In 1949 the United States and European countries worked together to form an alliance for protection against Communist aggression called N.A.T.O. What does N.A.T.O stand for?

• National Alliance Traffic Organization

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• North American Traffic Organization

• National Airlift Traffic Organization

In response to NATO, the Soviet Union and its allies formed a defense known as the _______________ _____________.

• Warsaw Pact

• Soviet Treaty

• Warsaw Treaty

• Soviet Pact

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

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

After World War II Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany.

• True

• False

What was the Berlin Wall?

• An imaginary wall between East and West Berlin

• An imaginary wall between North and South Berlin

• A concrete wall that separated East and West Berlin

• A concrete wall that separated North and South Berlin

The Soviet Union place missiles in Cuba that were pointed toward the U.S. Why did this worry the United States?

• The U.S. worried that Cuba would become communist

• The U.S. worried that Nikita Khrushchev would get hurt

• The U.S. worried that they would lose the territories that they gained during the Spanish American War

• The U.S. worried that a nuclear war might start

The Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union, but there was not actual combat involved. The war between these two countries was a rivalry between which of the following?

• capitalism vs. facism

• communism vs. dictatorship

• socialism vs. communism

• communism vs. capitalism

Look at the picture. What did the man in this picture fear?

• a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union from Cuba

• Western Europe becoming democratic

• The reunification of Vietnam

• that people would leave West Berlin to go to East Berlin