Cold War and Post-War Alliances Quiz

This is an alliance between the United States, Canada and ten Western European nations.

• Iron curtain

• Containment

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

This is the name of the policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence.

• Iron curtain

• Containment

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

This term was used by Winston Churchill to represent the division between a mostly democratic Western Europe and a Communist Eastern Europe.

• Iron curtain

• Containment

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

Aid provided to Greece and Turkey to prevent Communist expansion.

• Iron curtain

• Containment

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

This structure became a striking symbol of the division between superpowers.

• Iron curtain

• Berlin Wall

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

This names the first satellite to be launched into space by any country.

• Iron curtain

• Containment

• Sputnik

• Truman Doctrine

This was an alliance between the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies.

• Iron curtain

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine

This is an organization of nations set up after World War II, including both superpowers.

• Iron curtain

• Containment

• United Nations

• Truman Doctrine

The US assistance program that provided food, machinery, and other materials to rebuild Western Europe after World War II.

• Iron curtain

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

Another race between superpowers that included launching satellites.

• Iron curtain

• Space Race

• NATO

• Truman Doctrine