Analyze the reasons for why many nations started to band in military alliances after WWII. Mention some examples of those alliances.
Open-Book Question. Group Research. Group chooses a representative to answer on their behalf.
25
In August 1957, the Soviets announced the development of a rocket that could travel great distance. It was referred to as ______________
Biological Weapon
An Intercontinental Balistic Missile (ICBM)
Sputnik
Apollo I
15
Clarify what increased the tension between USSR and Western Europe.
The formation of the UN
The Berlin Blockade
The Marshall Plan
The Iron Curtain
15
Verify the policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence.
Marshall Plan
Containment
Democratization
Truman Show
20
The Truman Doctrine promised economic aid to any country under the threat of communism. It also intensified ----------------- between America and USSR.
diplomatic cooperation
military competition
economic competition
diplomatic hostilities
15
Point out which term came to represent Europe’s division into mostly democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe.
Brinkmanship
Federal German Republic
The Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
15
Infer why Great Britain and France received so much aid.
None of the answers is correct
USA wanted to compensate them for their losses during WWII
Two of the answers are correct
They were the principal US allies during WWII
20
Specify the response of the Soviet Union when France, Britain, and the United States decided to withdraw their forces from Germany and allow their occupation zones to form one nation in 1948.
Declaring war on Germany
Bombing Germany with missiles
Holding West Berlin hostage
Building the Berlin Wall
20
Evaluate the effectiveness of the steps taken by different nations to control the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Were those steps sufficient? Explain your answer.
Open-Book / Research Question. Group work. Speaker chosen by the group.
25
Specify the person who stated that the United States would “retaliate instantly, by means and at places of our own choosing.”
John Foster Dulles
Harry Truman
Roosevelt
George Marshall
15
----------------- is a struggle over political differences carried on by means short of military action or war.
Marshall Plan
Cold War
Brinkmanship
Iron Curtain
20
T/F: After WWII, the United States and the Soviet Union started to have the same goals.
False; they had conflicting goals and that was one of the main reasons behind the beginning of the Cold War, which lasted for almost 50 years.
15
Verify the policy of demonstrating a willingness to engage in a war to protect national interests.
Brinkmanship
Truman Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
Blitzkrieg
15
Point out the dispute between the Soviet Union and the United States that resulted from the shooting down of a spy plane.
Brinkmanship
Launching Sputnik I
U-2 Incident
Marshall Plan
15
This names the first satellite to be launched into space by any country.
USSR Enterprise Line
Highligner
Sputnik I
Apollo
15
The _________ provided Eastern and Western boundaries after World War II.