Aftermath of WW2 - Effects on the Cold War

When did WW2 end?

• 1939

• 1945

• 1929

• 1943

Which countries fought together as the ALLIES, against fascism?

• UK

• USSR

• USA

• Italy

In February 1945, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met in the ____________ to decide what to do with the German empire after its defeat.

• Munich Conference

• Soviet Conference

• Yalta Conference

• None of the options is right

It was true about GERMANY after WW2....

• Divided in three quarters

• East Germany was under Soviet control

• Berlin, the capital, was inside West Germany (capitalist region)

• West Germany was under communist control

It was true about BERLIN (German capital) after WW2....

• Divided into West and East Berlin.

• East Berlin was under Soviet control

• Berlin lied entirely within Soviet Germany (East Germany)

• Citizens were able to freely move from one region to the other.

The following regions were part of the JAPANESE empire during WW2...

• All of China

• Only part of China (east)

• Korea

• Southeast Asia, including Vietnam

What happened to KOREA right after the defeat of Japan in WW2?

• Not much change

• Totally taken under American control

• Civil war called the Korean War

• It was divided into two occupation zones controlled by the US and USSR