Quizizz - Cold War

What term is used to describe countries that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

• Allied nations

• Satellite states

• Axis powers

• Neutral territories

The period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II is known as what?

• The Great War

• The Iron Age

• The Cold War

• The Space Race

What phrase refers to the notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989?

• The Great Wall

• The Iron Curtain

• The Velvet Rope

• The Steel Barrier

What was the name of the American initiative passed in 1948 that provided aid to Western Europe, which had been devastated by World War II?

• The Roosevelt Plan

• The Marshall Plan

• The Eisenhower Doctrine

• The Kennedy Strategy

Which operation was a military intervention by Western countries to deliver food and supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade in 1948-1949?

• Operation Desert Storm

• Berlin Airlift

• Operation Overlord

• Operation Freedom

What is the name of the collective defense treaty signed in 1949, which constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party?

• The League of Nations

• The European Union

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• The United Nations

What was the collective defense treaty signed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War?

• The Versailles Treaty

• The Warsaw Pact

• The Geneva Accords

• The Brussels Treaty

What was the primary purpose of the Truman Doctrine announced in 1947?

• To provide economic aid to developing countries

• To establish NATO

• To contain Soviet expansion through economic and military aid

• To initiate the Marshall Plan

Which country was divided into East and West during the Cold War, symbolizing the division between the Soviet bloc and the Western allies?

• France

• Germany

• Poland

• Korea