Cold war

The Cold War was a conflict between what two countries?
(These countries fought with ideas, words, and money)

• The United States and France
• The United States and Germany
• Japan and Italy
• The United States and the Soviet Union

The Soviet Union believed in what political and economic system? (This system allows the government to control businesses and land.)

• Isolationalism
• Communism
• Capitalism
• Militarism

An imaginary line that divided Europe into Communist and Non communist countries was known as _______________________

• The Equator
• The Communist Line
• The Iron Curtain
• The invisible space

What is NATO?

• A military alliance with nations of Western Europe to promise to help each other if there was an attack against each of the 26 nations.

• A military alliance with nations of Western Europe to promise to help each other if there was an attack against the soviet union .

• A military alliance with nations of Western Europe to promise to help each other if there was an attack against Japan.

• A military alliance with nations of Western Europe to promise to help each other if there was an attack against Italy

Why is the Cold War considered a “cold” war, compared to WWII, a “hot” war?

• Most of the fighting took place in the cooler Northern Hemisphere
• The Soviet Union is located in a fairly cold area
• The Soviets and Americans never actually fought against one another with weapons
• The United States believed a nuclear war would end the seasons and it would be cold on Earth

A barrier built by the communist east Germany govt in 1961 to seal off the east from the west city.

• East German Wall
• Berlin Blockade
• Berlin Wall
• Iron Curtain

A theory that a communist victory in one nation would quickly lead to a chain reaction and cause more nations to adopt communist policies.

• Domino Theory

• Space race

• Red Scare Hypothesis
• Chain Reaction Theory

An american initiative to aid western Europe with $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild after the end of world war II

• Berlin Airlift
• Iron curtain

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

A military alliance established in 1955 between the soviet union (USSR) and 7 other communist countries in Europe.

• Warsaw Pact
• CENTO
• SEATO
• NATO