Cold War Review Game!

Winston Churchill coined the term the "Iron Curtain." This was an artificial line drawn down the continent of Europe. According to Churchill, what was happening behind this "iron curtain?"

• Countries behind the Iron Curtain were thriving democracies.
• Countries behind the Iron Curtain were aligned with Western powers.
• Countries behind the Iron Curtain were economically independent.
• Countries behind the Iron Curtain were under Soviet influence and control.

Select the spot where countries within the Soviet Union's sphere of influence established communist governments (behind an "iron curtain").

Take a look at the map, its key at the top, and the quote by Winston Churchill. According to Churchill, which countries were behind the "iron curtain?"

• Countries in Central & Eastern Europe

• Western European countries

• African countries

• South American countries

During the Cold War, the American policy of containment was intended to.....

• Prevent the spread of communism.
• Support the decolonization of Africa.
• Encourage economic cooperation with the USSR.
• Immediately overthrow every communist government in the world

Which of the following were purposes of the Marshall Plan? (Select 2)

• To promote military alliances in Eastern Europe.

• To establish a single currency for Europe.
• To provide humanitarian aid to Asia.
• To provide economic assistance for the reconstruction of Western European capitalist countries after World War II.

• To help Western European capitalist countries strengthen their economies, and therefore, prevent the spread of communism

Who was the first leader of communist China, as seen in the picture?

• Lee Kuan Yew

• Mao Zedong
• Chiang Kai-shek
• Deng Xiaoping

What was the goal of the Cultural Revolution?

• To encourage Western cultural influences.
• To promote capitalist values in society.
• To establish a democratic government in China.
• To preserve communist ideology, eliminate capitalist elements in society, and to protect Mao's divine status in China.

In communist China, what did Mao do to China's economy? (Select all that apply)

• Mao quickly made China a wealthy country

• Mao implemented free-market reforms in China.
• The government took over the means of production (industries)

• Mao forced peasant farmers to work on government-run communes

In 1950, North Korean forces invaded South Korea, sparking the Korean War. Which of the following is true?

• Today, all of Korea is communist.

• Today, all of Korea is capitalist.

• The war ended in a stalemate, and Korea is still split up as 2 different countries.

For years, the United States fought the North Vietnamese military and the Viet Cong communist rebels in Vietnam. Eventually, the US pulled its troops out of Vietnam. What was the eventual result in Vietnam?

• The South Vietnamese military was defeated, and Vietnam was reunified under communist control.

• Vietnam remained divided between North and South.
• The communists were defeated, and all of Vietnam became a capitalist democracy.

• The US established a military base in Vietnam.