18.1 Cold War (TEST Practice)

As part of the Yalta Conference at the end of World War II, Germany was split into 4 occupation zones by the Allies. Which 4 countries controlled Germany after World War II?

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Japan

• Great Britain

• France

International peace keeping organization to which most nations in the world belonged. Founded after World War II in 1945 to promote world peace, security, and economic development

• United Nations

• NATO

• Iron Curtain

• Truman Doctrine

Soviet leader who controlled Eastern Europe after World War II.

• Joseph Stalin

• Harry Truman

• George Kennan

• Winston Churchill

• George Marshall

U.S. President during the early years of the Cold War.

Wasn't included in many big decisions as Vice President.

Didn't even know about the development of the Atomic Bomb.

• Joseph Stalin

• Harry Truman

• George Kennan

• Winston Churchill

• George Marshall

What was agreed upon at the Potsdam Conference?

• To divide all of Europe into Communist and Democratic countries.

• That each Allied nation would take reparations from their own zone in Germany.
  

What promise did Stalin break after the Potsdam Conference?

• To remove all Soviet troops from Germany.
  

• To hold free elections in Eastern Europe
  

Following World War II, the relationship between the United States and Soviet Union became strained, but each country was hesitant to become involved in direct military conflict. Select 2 reasons why from the list below.

• each country believed the other one was a threat to its security

• the potential for global destruction

• the Soviet Union was blocked from joining the United Nations by the U.S.

• pressure from Germany and Japan

Indirect, but hostile conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union that began at the end of World War II and lasted until 1991

• Cold War

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

Which part of Europe was mostly communist during the Cold War?

• Eastern Europe
• Western Europe

A nation that is dominated politically and economically by another nation

(Ex. A country of Eastern Europe that was dominated by the Soviet Union)

• Colony Nation

• Protectorate Nation

• Satellite Nation