Early Cold War REVIEW

American policy to stop the spread of communism and keep it within its existing borders

When supplies were dropped by aircraft on West Berlin in 1948-1949 was the ________.

The military alliance that started in 1949 between the U.S. and other non-communist countries.

Why was it called the Cold War?

What is Democracy?

This was built in 1961 to keep people from going to the Allied zone.

NATO stands for:

What country controlled East Germany after World War 2?

A U.S. policy of economic aid for the rebuilding of Europe after WWII

A military alliance formed in 1955 between Russia and communist countries in Eastern Europe

In what city was there a blockade followed by an airlift in 1948-1949?

_______ _____ were Communist Eastern European countries dependent on Russia.

This country had the biggest conventional army in the world after WW2.

After WW2, the U.S. wanted to reconstruct Germany but Russia wanted _____________.

Russia's leader at the beginning of the Cold War was _______________

An Arms Race began between US and USSR for the best _____________ ________________.

Capitalism is the private ownership of _____________ and the right to make money.

America had a democracy while Russia had a ____________

An invisible border between the communist and non-communist countries of Europe.

Who made his famous "Iron Curtain" speech in 1946? 

After WW2, Russia wanted a _______ _______ of friendly states around Russia.

Between the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences, the U.S. had __________.

America was capitalist while Russia was ____________.

Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt attended the ______________ Conference.

U.S. policy providing economic aid to Greece and Turkey, who were fighting against communism.