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What was the Iron Curtain?
The Warsaw Pact sought to:
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The Warsaw Pact sought to:
Create a military alliance between the USSR and Eastern European nations
Provide economic assistance to Polish Jews after WWll
Prevent Soviet expansion into Poland and Denmark
Create a plan for the reduction of nuclear weapons in Europe
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What was the Iron Curtain?
A shield used by the US in the war
The imaginary boundary dividing Eastern and Western Europe
A curtain made for the US out of iron
A wall built in Russia to keep out the US
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Why was NATO created?
To provide security against the Soviet Union
To provide security against terroism
Trade
More allies
4
Who were the big three at the Yalta Conference?
Truman, FDR, Stalin
Churchill, FDR, Stalin
Churchill, Eisenhower, Hitler
FDR, Mussolini, Stalin
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The Truman Doctrine was originally designed to
rebuild Korea by extending economic aid
use United Nations to eliminate threats posed by Soviets
stop the use of nuclear weapons
contain Communism by giving aid to Greece and Turkey
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What did Stalin promise at the Potsdam Conference?
War protection
Free elections in Eastern Europe
Reduced taxes
Help to the homeless
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When did the Korean War end?
Last year
Has never officially ended
July 27, 1953
2009
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The Berlin Airlift was organized and implemented by...
The Soviet Union
Germany
The United States
Israel
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Who was the Cold War between?
Britain and Germany
US and Germany
US and USSR
France and USSR
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Why did the Berlin Airlift began?
The Soviets blocked Allied access to West Berlin
The British and French had a dispute over German Zones
West Berliners began fleeing into East Berlin
When America won WW2
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How did the Korean War start ?
The South Korean army crossed into China
China attacked North Korea
Japan attacked South Korea
The North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel
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After World War II, The Marshall Plan was put in place to...
provide marshmallows to campers.
rebuild the destroyed nations of Europe.
punish Hitler.
avoid any U.S. involvement in Europe.
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Which of the following countries were behind the Iron Curtain?
West Germany, France, Spain
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary
Greece, Yugoslavia, Turkey
Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary
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How did the Marshall Plan help Western Europe?
Provided them with 17 billion dollars to rebuild the economy
Aided them with war supplies
Give them supplies by dropping packages into the country
Stop the spread of Communism
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Why was the Warsaw Pact formed?
To have a group with a really intimidating name
To counter NATO
To counter the Allied Powers
To pool funds for the space race
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What was the Truman Doctrine?
money to support any country at risk of capitalist take over
U.S. policy to support any country at risk of communist take over
militia to support any country at risk of communist take over
U.S. policy to declare nuclear war on USSR
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The Cold War started after WWII
False
True
18
What does NATO mean?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North American Trade Agreement
North Atlantic Treaty Agreement
North American Treaty orgainization
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What is a command economy?
an economy controlled centrally by a government.
an economic system combining private and public enterprise.
an economy controlled by traditions, customs, and beliefs.
an economy driven by country's individual citizens
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Who first described the separation between Eastern and Western Europe as an Iron Curtain?
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Harry S. Truman
FDR
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Who was the Cold War between?
France and United States
Eastern Bloc and Western Bloc
Russia and Czechoslovakia
Western Bloc and Southern Bloc
22
Which is NOT an agreement made at the Yalta conference?
Germany divided into 4 occupation zones
the Warsaw Pact was enacted
agreed on formation of United Nations
agreed to allow free elections on countries from Germany
23
Who attended the Potsdam Conference?
Stalin, Churchill, Truman.
Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt.
Lots of angry ghosts from the war!
Lenin, Churchill, Roosevelt.
24
Which of the follow is TRUE of the Berlin Airlift?
It was designed to keep Berlin isolated
It went unnoticed by the Soviets
It was in direct response to the Berlin Blockade
It was an act of aggression
25
The Truman Doctrine was based mostly on the American belief that
Greece/Turkey could be bribed to join NATO
Aiding Greece/Turkey helps them arm themselves against USSR
Aid to Greece/Turkey provides new foreign markets to America
When one country falls to communism, others might follow
26
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
South Korea became communist
Communism came to an end in both North and South Korea
The USSR took over both North and South Korea
North Korea remained communist
27
The Berlin Airlift dropped what into West Berlin?
Ammunition
Jazz Records
Food and Supplies
Paratroopers
28
How long did the Berlin airlift last?
11 months
11 years
11 weeks
11 days
29
What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?
promote free elections in south america
help Germany unite
contain the spread of communism
keep peace in the UN
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What was Churchill warning about in the Iron Curtain Speech?
the desperate economic conditions in Eastern Europe
the expanding influence of communists in Western Europe
the growing Soviet domination of Europe
the spread of hunger & disease in Western Europe
