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Week 3 Review Assignment

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the "Iron Curtain"?

a)

A literal curtain made of iron that divides France and Germany

b)

The symbolic division between communism and capitalism in the world

c)

A barb wire fence that divides East and West Germany

d)

A wall built to separate the United States and the Soviet Union

2.

What is NATO?

a)

The alliance between the United States and Western European countries created to keep communism contained

b)

The alliance between the USSR and its satellite countries in response to the Warsaw Pact

c)

The blockade surrounding Berlin in protest of the unification of Germany

d)

Another name for the H-bomb

3.

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Big Stick Policy

d)

Containment

4.

What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Big Stick Policy

5.

During what event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict?

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War

6.
What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?
a)
Spain and Portugal
b)
England and France
c)
Germany and Italy
d)
United States and Soviet Union
7.

What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Open Door Policy

8.

This meeting in 1944 included the leaders of USA, USSR and the UK and made plans for the aftermath of WWII.

a)

The HUAC

b)

The International Monetary Fund

c)

The Yalta Conferecne

d)

The National Security Council

9.
The Big 3 agreed at the Yalta Conference to create what new international organization to prevent another world war?
a)
League of Nations
b)
United Nations
c)
NATO
d)
GATT
10.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers