Packet #5: Origins of the Cold War

How did USA use the Marshall Plan to promote democracy?   

• Containing Communism in areas affected after a war
• Providing resources to countries ravaged by war in order to prevent communism
• uncovering new sources of wealth to prevent an enemy from receiving resources
• Fighting wars by using other countries to stop Communism

What was a major reason for Cold War?

• Ideological differences between USA and USSR
• The weather was too low
• Insufficient money for war reparations
• Inability of the UN to maintain peace

The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?

• The line of demarkation
• The DeMilitarized Zone
• The Iron Curtain
• The 38th Parallel

The United States and its allies had a policy called "containment."  This means that they wanted to ...

• stop the spread of Fascism.
• stop the spread of slavery.
• stop other countries from building up their military power.
• stop the spread of Communism.

Soviet Union wanted Eastern European states to act as _______ and protect the Soviet Union from future attack

• an army
• a buffer zone
• a demilitarized zone
• a democracy

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Contain communism
• Provide weapons to communist countries
• Destroy communism
• Provide collective security

Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?

• The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
• The war was fought during winter months only
• Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
• There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers

What was the meeting between the Allied leaders Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in 1945, where theleaders planned the final stages of World War II and agreed on how to divide up parts of Europe after the war? 

• Oslo Agreement
• Berlin Conference
• Yalta Conference
• Geneva Conference

What is the name of a political system characterized by a centrally planned economy with all economic and political power resting in the hands of the central government? 

• Communism
• Capitalism
• Democracy
• Monarchy

What happened to Germany after WWII? 

• It was divided up by Britain, France, Russia, and US after WW2
• It became communist after WWII
• It was split up between France and the Soviet Union
• It held democratic elections and became socialist