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WorksheetsEarly Cold War vocabulary Quiz RETAKE
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 31mins
An important British leader gave a speech referring to a barrier or division of Europe that separated nations in the “Soviet sphere” from the capitalist democracies in the western part of Europe. He referred to this separation or division of nations as the
Winston Churchill
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
Clement Attlee
This is a military alliance created for the collective defense and security of the Soviets and their satellite nations
N.A.T.O.
Warsaw Pact
Axis powers
Marshal Plan
In this type of economy, the means of production is individually owned and controlled
Communism
Capitalism
This term refers to when a capital city, located in the Soviet-controlled zone of Eastern Germany, was cut off from all transportation and shipments of goods
Berlin Wall
Berlin Blockade
Warsaw Pact
Joseph Stalin
This term is the name for the U.S. foreign policy followed during the Cold War that sought to prevent the expansion of Soviet communism
Iron Curtain
containment
appeasement
This is the name for the U.S. foreign policy of sending military or other aid to any nation trying to resist or prevent a communist takeover
imperialism
Red Scare
Truman Doctrine
McCarthyism
This is the name for a program to help Europe recover after WW2 by providing money to help rebuild their economies
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
In 1949, the U.S, Canada, and ten Western European countries joined this defensive military alliance. These nations promised to defend each other in the event of an outside attack
Warsaw Pact
Axis Powers
N.A.T.O.
Term for Eastern European countries dominated economically and politically by the Soviet Union
Satellite nations
dominant states
Berlin Crisis
United Nations
This is the term given for the struggle for world power between the Soviet Union (with their allies)and the United States from the end of WW2 until 1991 when the Soviet government collapsed. There was hostility between these nations, but no direct military action between them.
Iron Curtain
Allied Struggle
Soviet Domination
Cold War
The name for the international peacekeeping organization formed after WW2
United Nations
N.A.T.O.
Warsaw Pact
A type of economic system in which the government owns the means of production and has complete control of the production of goods
Capitalism
Radicalism
Communism
Laissez-Fair
The excerpt below is from a document published in April 1949.
"The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all"
This document marked the establishment of which of these organizations?
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)
National Security Council (NSC)
United States Information Agency (USIA)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Which of these was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?
to promote democracy in Europe by rebuilding war-torn economies
to gather information about Europe's military resources
to support a rapid transition in Europe to centrally planned economies
to encourage economic integration among the nations of Asia
How did the United States respond to the Berlin Blockade in 1948?
by sending troops to Berlin to break the blockade
by bombing Berlin until the Soviets surrendered
by surrendering control of Berlin to the Soviets
by airlifting food and supplies into Berlin
The statement below was made during a speech by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1946.
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent."
What was he referring to in this statement?
the spread of hunger and disease in Western Europe
the growing Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
he expanding influence of communists in the United States
the desperate economic conditions in Asia
Which of these committed the United States to a foreign policy based on containment of communism?
A. joining the Warsaw Pact
B. the Manhattan Project
C. the United Nations
D. the Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine
The United Nations
The Manhattan Project
joining the Warsaw Pact
Following World War 2, the United States and the Soviet Union were hesitant to become involved in direct military conflict mainly because of
pressure from Germany and Japan
the potential for global nuclear destruction
mutual dependence on Middle East petroleum
the threat of China to both nations
