Cold War: Superpowers Face Off

What is the global organization for peace set up by Allied during WWII at the Yalta Conference?

• N.A.T.O.

• United Nations

• Warsaw Pact

• Atlantic Charter

What was a major cause of tension between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies before WWII?

• FDR's New Deal

• Lenin's New Economic Policy

• U.S. and British intervention in Russia to crush Bolshevik Revolution

• Western democracies' high import tariffs during 1930s

Which of these European countries suffered the most casualties and property damage in WWII?

• France

• Italy

• United States

• Soviet Union

Which of the following Allies DID NOT occupy Germany following WWII?

• Great Britain

• Belgium

• Soviet Union

• France

Which was the U.S. Cold War policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence around the globe?

• brinkmanship

• containment

• appeasement

• total war

Which of the following was a U.S. economic aid package to war-torn European countries?

• Marshall Plan

• containment

• Truman Doctrine

• Yalta agreement

Who was the Soviet ruler who blockaded rail, water, and road transit into the Western sectors of Berlin in 1948?

• Khrushchev

• Brezhnev

• Lenin

• Stalin

What spacecraft did the Soviet Union send around the world in 1957, which shocked the U.S. and the world?

• rocket ship

• satellite

• supersonic jet

• passenger plane