COLD WAR 1947-1991

1. The rivalry and differences between the US (capitalist) and the Soviet Union (communist0 did not end with the war. __________ formed, with the US and Soviet Union acting as captain of each team.

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Alliances
• Option 4

2. In 1949, 5 years after the end of WW Two, a pact called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) FORMED AS A MILITARY ALLIANCE THAT COUNTRIES JOINED FOR ____________

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Option 3
• Security

3. The Soviets formed their own rival team called the __________ PACT WITH MUCH OF EASTERN EUROPE. They also joined for mutual security from their enemy the West.

• Option 1
• Warsaw
• Option 3
• Option 4

4. President Truman and Great Britain believed that newly liberated nations in Eastern Europe should form their own governments and be Anti-Soviet. Both countries feared the spread of _____________

• Communism
• Option 2
• Option 3
• Option 4

5. The TRUMAN DOCTRINE said that the US should always support free people resisting and providing ________ to countries feeling the pressure of communism.

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Option 3
• Aid

6. That same year the US SECRETARY OF STATE CAME UP WITH THE ___________ PLAN. The US believed communism took hold in countries with economic problems so it gave impoverished countries money in hope that communism would fall.

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Marshall
• Option 4

7. The plan provided $13 billion to rebuild Europe after the war. The Soviets refused to accept any funds. The Soviet Union and its __________ states (dependent on the Soviet Union) were subordinate to their authority.

• Option 1
• Satellite
• Option 3
• Option 4

8. The League of Nations was ineffective, but it laid the groundwork for the _____________ (United Nations) which worked for peace and human dignity. Today it has 200 nations as members.

• UN
• Option 2
• Option 3
• Option 4

9. After the HOLOCAUST, many Jews sought a homeland to call their own. In 1947 the UN recommended the partition of British controlled Palestine to form a Jewish _________. Israel was officially formed.

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Option 3
• State

10. The region that was formerly called Palestine (or Judea) had a mainly Arab population and was not happy with a new __________ state taking control. Neighboring Arab countries attacked the newly formed Israel but they fought back hard and won additional lands. The Israeli - Palestinian conflict continues to this day.

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Jewish
• Option 4