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  • The _________ provided Eastern and Western boundaries after World War II.
    building of the Berlin Wall
    USSR Blockade of Berlin
    US Policy of Brinkmanship
    meeting at Potsdam
  • In August 1957, the Soviets announced the development of a rocket that could travel great distance. It was referred to as ______________
    An Intercontinental Balistic Missile (ICBM)
    Biological Weapon
    Sputnik
    Apollo I
  • Point out the dispute between the Soviet Union and the United States that resulted from the shooting down of a spy plane.
    Marshall Plan
    Brinkmanship
    Launching Sputnik I
    U-2 Incident
  • Determine which nonaligned countries lay between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
    Austria & Yugoslavia
    France and Italy
    Sweden & Ireland
    Spain & Switzerland
  • Point out which term came to represent Europe’s division into mostly democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe.
    The Iron Curtain
    Brinkmanship
    Marshall Plan
    Federal German Republic
  • 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.
  • President Bush justified the American invasion to Iraq in 2003. What was his justification?
    Saddam used WMD during previous conflicts
    Limiting the spread of WMDs
    Iraqi president dismissed the UN inspectors
    All the answers are correct
  • The rivalry in science and education; known as the "Space Race" led to ____
    The launching of Sputnik I
    Marshall Plan
    Berlin Airlift
    The construction of the Berlin Wall
  • Verify the policy of demonstrating a willingness to engage in a war to protect national interests.
    Truman Doctrine
    Brinkmanship
    Warsaw Pact
    Blitzkrieg
  • Differentiate between the reaction of Turkey, Iran and Iraq toward the Kurdish nationalism.
    Open-book group research, presenter chosen.
  • This names the first satellite to be launched into space by any country.
    Sputnik I
    Apollo
    USSR Enterprise Line
    Highligner
  • 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.
  • 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
  • The Truman Doctrine promised economic aid to any country under the threat of communism. It also intensified ----------------- between America and USSR.
    economic competition
    diplomatic hostilities
    military competition
    diplomatic cooperation
  • Specify the person who stated that the United States would “retaliate instantly, by means and at places of our own choosing.”
    Roosevelt
    Harry Truman
    John Foster Dulles
    George Marshall
  • Clarify what increased the tension between USSR and Western Europe.
    The formation of the UN
    The Berlin Blockade
    The Iron Curtain
    The Marshall Plan
  • 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
    Holding West Berlin hostage
    Bombing Germany with missiles
    Building the Berlin Wall
  • Verify the policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence.
    Truman Show
    Marshall Plan
    Democratization
    Containment
  • 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.
  • ----------------- is a struggle over political differences carried on by means short of military action or war.
    Marshall Plan
    Iron Curtain
    Cold War
    Brinkmanship