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The Cold War Review World History
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Which four countries occupied Germany following World War II? Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union
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Why did President Truman give economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey? They were resisting communist takeovers.
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What did the Warsaw Pact and NATO have in common? Both were military pacts.
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Why was a wall built in Berlin? To prevent citizens from Eastern Germany (East Berlin) from escaping to the west.
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Why did the Soviet Union invade its own ally, Czechoslovakia? Because the Czech leader, Alexander Dubcek, tried to loosen his country from strict Soviet control
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This is an alliance between the United States, Canada, and ten Western European nations. NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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This was an alliance between the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies. The Warsaw Pact
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This is an organization of nations set up after World War II, including both of the superpowers. The United Nations
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This is an economic aid package designed to give European nations aid needed to rebuild after World War II. The Marshall Plan
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I am the communist leader of Cuba who during the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Fidal Castro
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The Policy of lessening Cold War tensions Detente
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This President was the first to visit communist China Richard Nixon
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What is the time period called to describe the tension between the U.S. and the USSR? The Cold War
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When the Soviet Union cut off supplies to West Berlin the U.S. did what? Flew in supplies
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This outlined the U.S. foreign policy of containment The Truman Doctrine
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This term was used by Winston Churchill to represent the division between a mostly democratic Western Europe and a Communist Eastern Europe The “Iron Curtain”
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Who was Kim Il Sung? Leader of North Korea
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He was the original commander of the United Nations forces in the Korean War Douglas MacArthur
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When Israel was created, Arab nations responded by doing what? Declaring war
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The strategy of the United States to train South Vietnamese troops to defend themselves - and at the same time begin removing American troops out of Vietnam Vietnamization
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The students who were killed in Tiananmen Square were protesting the Chinese government’s… Lack of political freedom
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Who was the first American president to visit Communist China was Richard Nixon
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Which two groups fought a civil war in China both before and after WW II? Communists and Nationalists
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The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program was backed by which President? Ronald Reagan
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Which parallel was Korea divided? 38th
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