L28: The Cold War_ Vocabulary Part 1

What was the Cold War?

• A peace treaty signed by the US and the Soviet Union

• A struggle for power between the US and the Soviet Union after WWII

• A direct military conflict between the US and the Soviet Union

• An economic alliance between the US and the Soviet Union

Where was the Yalta Conference held?

• In a British city

• In a French city

• In a Soviet city

• In a German city

What was the purpose of the Potsdam Conference?

• To discuss the Cold War strategies

• To finalize the plan for the future of Europe after WWII

• To plan the future of Asia

• To start World War II

Who was the leader of Russia during WWII?

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Joseph Stalin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Vladimir Lenin

Who was the President of the US during almost all of WWII?

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

• John F. Kennedy

Who became the US President after FDR died?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Harry S. Truman

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

Which US President gave the order to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry S. Truman

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

Who was the leader of Great Britain at the beginning and during most of WWII?

• Neville Chamberlain

• Clement Attlee

• Winston Churchill

• Margaret Thatcher

Who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain at the end of WWII?

• Tony Blair

• Neville Chamberlain

• Clement Attlee

• Winston Churchill

What is a superpower?

• A nation with a large population

• A nation with a strong economy

• A nation with advanced technology

• An extremely powerful nation with much influence over other nations