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Which two countries were the main rivals?
USA, USSR
Which conference decided Germany’s division?
Potsdam Conference
What was Germany divided into after WWII?
occupation zones
Which city symbolized Cold War tensions?
Berlin
How did the West respond to the Berlin Blockade?
Berlin Airlift
What military alliance was formed in 1949?
NATO
What was the goal of the Marshall Plan?
economic recovery
What term described Europe’s division?
the iron curtain
Who used the term “Iron Curtain” in 1946?
Churchill
In which year did the Korean War start?
1950
Which side supported North Korea?
communist bloc
When did the USSR test its first atomic bomb?
1949
Why did the Cold War not become a direct war?
nuclear threat
What Soviet response replaced the Marshall Plan?
COMECON
What Soviet-controlled states formed the Eastern Bloc?
satellite states: East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania
Which alliance balanced NATO in Eastern Europe?
Warsaw Pact
