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WorksheetsThe Cold War Begins!
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
Towards the end of World War II, what countries were known as The BIG THREE?
U.S., Germany, Japan
U.S., Great Britain, U.S.S.R.
U.S., Great Britain, Italy
U.S., U.S.S.R., France
What was the main goal of the Big Three at the Potsdam and Yalta Conferences?
To discuss a strategy for winning the war and shaping the world after the war ended
To figure out how the Nazi government carried out the Holocaust
To make Germany pay large reparations for the damages done during the war.
To punish people who went along with the Nazis.
The ruler of the Soviet Union at the end of World War II was:
Lenin
Roosevelt
Stalin
Chamberlain
Stalin wanted control over the countries in _______________________, to serve as a buffer between the U.S.S.R. and Western Europe.
Northern Africa
East Asia
the Ottoman Empire
Eastern Europe
What is the "Iron Curtain"?
A large barrier that separated the Allied occupation zones in Germany
a metaphor for the divide between Eastern and Western Europe that developed in the beginning of the Cold War
A physical wall that prevented people from leaving the U.S.S.R.
Countries in Eastern Europe became know as ___________ states; meaning that they were militarily, politically and economically dominated by a much more powerful nation (the U.S.S.R.)
annexed
satellite
super
tributary
What was the purpose of the U.S. program called the "Marshall Plan"?
To bring the Nazi officials to trial for their crimes against humanity
To make a lasting peace agreement with the U.S.S.R.
To help countries in Europe recover from World War II
To divide Germany into different occupation zones
All of the following were places that the Big Three held peace conferences towards the end of WWII EXCEPT
Tehran
Potsdam
New York
Yalta
What type of political and economic system did the Soviet Union have?
communism
capitalism
democracy
fascism
Towards the end of World War II, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. began to distrust each other and feared each other's dominance in the world; this developed into the period known as the ______________________.
Age of Conflict
Crisis of Democracy
Cold War
Age of Terrorism
Under the Truman Doctrine, what was the goal of the United States?
To defeat the Nazis with Soviet help
To prevent the spread of communism to different countries
To use the atomic bomb to defeat Japan
To give financial aid to European nations
The German capital city, ________________, became the center of Cold War tensions just a few years after the end of WWII>
London
Madrid
Berlin
Vienna
How did the Soviets attempt to gain full control of Berlin from the U.S., France & Britain?
They set up a blockade, so that supplies and food were cut off from the Western Allies
They bombed U.S., French and British military positions in the city
They sent troops into the U.S., French and British sectors of the city
What was the result of the Soviet blockade of Berlin?
It was successful and the Soviet Union took full control of the entire city
It failed because the U.S. and its allies airlifted supplies into the blockaded parts of the city
It led to an armed conflict between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
What alliance system was set up by the United States and its allies in Western Europe?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The United Nations
The Warsaw Pact
The Triple Entente
What alliance system was set up by the Soviet Union and its satellite states in Eastern Europe?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The United Nations
The Warsaw Pact
The Triple Entente
