Cold War Review

What terms or concepts do you associate with the Cold War?

Organize the countries according to their alignment during the Cold War

Groups:

(a) Members of NATO

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(b) Non-Aligned Countries

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(c) Warsaw Pact Members

• West Germany

• Italy

• Soviet Union

• Czechoslovakia

• Switzerland

• Poland

• France

• Spain

• East Germany (GDR)

Sort these traits into the Western Sphere and Soviet (Eastern) Sphere

Groups:

(a) Western Sphere

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(b) Soviet Sphere

• Democratic governments

• Capitalist (free-market) economy

• Communist-leaning governments

• Multi-party politics

• Command economy

• Promoted religion (Christianity)

• Single-party system

• Restricted religion

Match the event to the correct year

• 1962

• The Berlin Wall comes down

• 1991

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• 1957

• The Soviet Union collapses

• 1989

• First satellite "Sputnik" is launched

• 1922

• Soviet Union is established

The Socialist revolutionaries in Russia, that later became the Communist Party, were called the

• Trotskyists

• Bolsheviks

• White Army

• Moscow Crew

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

• Vladimir Lenin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin

The US policy of providing funds to European countries, to help them recover from World War II, was known as the

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Berlin Partition

• Containment Policy

Why did Joseph Stalin and Soviet states refuse to participate in the Marshall Plan?

• The Soviet Union was already getting money from China

• It was designed to boost free-market economies

• The Soviet Union wasn't economically affected by World War II

• The Marshall Plan only gave aid to the United Kingdom and France

What were the four original states of the Soviet Union?​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• Russia
• Ukraine
• Belarus
• Republic of Transcaucasia
• Romania
• Siberia
• Hungary
• Germany

In the 1980s, the Soviet Union allowed a policy of more political openness/freedom. This was called

• Marxism

• Perestroika

• Glasnost

• Domino Effect