What was the point of the Marshall Plan/ Berlin Airlift?

Help rebuild the Western European economies

What showed that the Soviets didn't want anybody to convert to capitalism?

The creation of the Berlin Wall

How does the Korean War relate to the First War of Independence in the Middle East?

Two countries/ regions that were once the same fought in war

Was the Great Leap Forward a success?

No, because it failed to improve China's economy

Why was the Warsaw Pact created?

To create a rival alliance to NATO

What is the UN Partition of 1947 most like concerning the Cold War?

The creation of the Berlin Wall

How was the Cold War somewhat like the Salt March that was led by Ghandi?

There was no actual fighting on fronts

What was the arms race?

competition in nuclear warfare between the US and USSR

Why was the creation of the Iron Curtain a major turning point in the war?

It persuaded other countries to become capitialist

What was the United States main goal during the Cold War?

To contain the spread of communism

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1
What was the point of the Marshall Plan/ Berlin Airlift?
Get revenge on the USSR
Become allies with them
Help rebuild the Western European economies
Hope they will help us in the future
2
What two countries are like the US and USSR during the Cold War?
Saudi Arabia and Iraq
Lebanon and Iran
Jordan and Iraq
Iran and Saudi Arabia
3
What does "perestroika" and "glastnost" mean?
openness, captivity
strategies of war that Stalin used
censorship, starvation
openness, restructuring
4
What showed that the Soviets didn't want anybody to convert to capitalism?
The beginning of the Warsaw Pact
The creation of the Berlin Wall
The creation of concentration camps
The strict rules/ laws the citizens had to follow
5
How does the Korean War relate to the First War of Independence in the Middle East?
They fought because they were not the same religion
The rulers disliked one another
They both made treaties with each other
Two countries/ regions that were once the same fought in war
6
Was the Great Leap Forward a success?
No, because it failed to improve China's economy
Yes, because it improved agriculture
No, because many people fled the country
Yes, because it brought economic prosperity
7
What was a major justification for US foreign policy during the Cold War?
Domino theory
Bay of Pigs
McCarthyism
Brinksmanship
8
Why was the Warsaw Pact created?
To create a rival alliance to the other alliance, NABO
To create a rival alliance to NATO
To stabilize the economy of the Western European countries
To have a meeting in Warsaw
9
What is the UN Partition of 1947 most like concerning the Cold War?
Creation of non aligned nations
The creation of the Berlin Wall
The Warsaw Pact
the Triple Alliance
10
The divide between Palestine and Israel is somewhat like what?
The 38th parallel
The Yalu River
The Berlin Wall
The equator
11
How was the Cold War somewhat like the Salt March that was led by Ghandi?
There were treaties that were signed
Both were peaceful
There was no actual fighting on fronts
There were massacres
12
What was the arms race?
completion in new and advanced weapons
Who had the biggest and strongest army
see who could make the most weapons
competition in nuclear warfare between the US and USSR
13
Why was the creation of the Iron Curtain a major turning point in the war?
It made Americans dislike Truman
It persuaded other countries to become capitialist
It created a divide between two fighting countries
It threatened the USSR by a bomb threat
14
The USSR and United States were on the edge of war... this is called...
Nationalism
Vietnamism
brinksmanship
internationalism
15
What was the United States main goal during the Cold War?
To contain the spread of communism
Become an imperialist power
Establish a good relationship with the USSR
Join the Warsaw Pact

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