Cold War Origins

The division of Europe into a democratic western half & a communist eastern half was called the

• Siegfried Line
• Iron Curtain
• Berlin Wall
• Communist Demarcation

In the years after World War II, the United States supported the ideas of

• economic dominance & military power
• capitalism & democracy
• communism & revolution
• independence & military power

The Soviet led alliance of Eastern European nations, formed in 1955, was called the

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Red First Committee
• Warsaw Pact
• Moscow Alliance

What is the global confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States?

• WWII

• Korean Conflict

• Warsaw Pact

• Cold War

The leader of the Soviet Union in the early years of the Cold War (1945-1953) was

• Vladimir Lenin
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Josef Stalin
• Leonid Brezhnev

Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?

• to contain communism
• to colonize Korea
• to spread communism
• to Christianize Koreans

In 1950, Korea fought a civil war over the spread of communism.  Communists from the north tried to take over the south.  What role did he US play in this war?

• The US and its allies went to Vietnam to fight Korean Communists.
• The US and its allies join the fight to keep communism from spreading.
• The US and its allies did not join the Korean War.
• The US and its allies fought to defend the North.

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To expand trade with Europe
• To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
• To stop the spread of communism
• to send financial aid to Europe

The two superpowers that dominated the world after World War II were the

• USSR & Great Britain
• US & USSR
• USSR & China
• US & China

Where was Korea divided?

• 18 parallel
• 34 parallel
• 38 parallel
• 15 parallel