Cold War

Which country was split in two by the Iron Curtain?

• Poland
• Germany
• Hungary
• Soviet Union

The term Iron Curtain refers to the:

• heavily fortified border between Poland and the USSR
• boundary between W. Europe and Communist E. Europe
• border btw E. Europe and the USSR
• boundary separating E. Europe from E. Germany

The Cold War was a hostile but non-violent struggle for power between which two countries?

• The United States and Germany
• The Soviet Union and Germany
• The United States and Japan
• The United States and The Soviet Union

Which of these characteristics best describes a capitalist economy?

• Everything is shared equally among the citizens
• Factories, equipment, and other means of production are all privately owned
• The middle class must work in agriculture or industry
• The government redistributes all of the resources to the citizens  

In a Communist society, who owns all the means of production (land, machinery, buildings, resources?) 

• The People 
• The State
• Mother Nature 
• The Pandas

What would you have found in Eastern Europe during the Cold War? 

• Democracy 
• Capitalism 
• Communism 
• Anarchy

Who was the first country  to launch something into space.

• America
• Canada
• Russia
• Togo

President Truman’s pledge to provide economic and military aid to countries threatened by the Soviet Union in an effort to check the spread of communism is called?

• Containment
• Marshall Plan
• Truman Dogma
• Truman Doctrine

What was the 1947 plan for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II announced by the United States Secretary of State?

• Truman Plan
• Stalin Option
• United Nations
• Marshall Plan

Name the alliance of European nations, Iceland, Canada, and the U.S., that was formed to provide security against armed attack.

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• European Alliance
• Truman Doctrine