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Worksheets2 Superpowers Face Off
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
Which was NOT a reason for tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Stalin signed a nonaggression pact with Hitler
USA/Britain delayed their invasion of Europe for 3 years
Opposing political views
They fought over territory in Europe
What organization was created after World War II to ensure another war like this never happened again?
United Nations
League of Nations
World Bank
European Central Alliance
What was the United States goal in Germany? Hint: it was the opposite of the USSR's
Keep Germany divided and weak
Reunify Germany and help rebuild
Split up Germany into two different countries
The USA didn't care about Germany
A country that is formally independent but under heavy influence or control from another country, serve as buffers to strengthen borders
Satellite Nations
Slave States
Territories
Protective Nations
A state of diplomatic tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).
World War III
The Phony War
The Cold War
The Big Competition
The division between Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe including East Germany and half of Berlin and Western Europe which was mostly democratic.
Truman Doctrine
The Iron Curtain
The Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
A policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and preventing expansion of communism
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Satellite Nations
A policy of supporting countries that rejected communism
Truman Doctrine
Containment
Marshall Plan
Isolationism
Assistance program to help a devastated Europe, $12.5 billion
United Nations
Containment
Marshall Plan
Stimulus Package
The first major standoff during the Cold War, American and British forces flew planes into a blockaded West Berlin in order to keep the city from starving to death
The Berlin Airlift
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Marshall Plan
The Great Rescue
A defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the United States, and Canada
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
League of Democracies
A military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Warsaw Pact
League of Communism
United Nations
