Clarify what increased the tension between USSR and Western Europe.
The Iron Curtain
The Marshall Plan
The Berlin Blockade
The formation of the UN
Point out which term came to represent Europe’s division into mostly democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe.
Federal German Republic
Brinkmanship
Marshall Plan
The Iron Curtain
This names the first satellite to be launched into space by any country.
Apollo
USSR Enterprise Line
Sputnik I
Highligner
President Bush justified the American invasion to Iraq in 2003. What was his justification?
All the answers are correct
Iraqi president dismissed the UN inspectors
Saddam used WMD during previous conflicts
Limiting the spread of WMDs
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.
Holding West Berlin hostage
Declaring war on Germany
Building the Berlin Wall
Bombing Germany with missiles
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.
The Truman Doctrine promised economic aid to any country under the threat of communism. It also intensified ----------------- between America and USSR.
military competition
diplomatic hostilities
diplomatic cooperation
economic competition
Determine which nonaligned countries lay between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
Austria & Yugoslavia
Sweden & Ireland
France and Italy
Spain & Switzerland
----------------- is a struggle over political differences carried on by means short of military action or war.
Brinkmanship
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
Cold War
The rivalry in science and education; known as the "Space Race" led to ____
Marshall Plan
The construction of the Berlin Wall
The launching of Sputnik I
Berlin Airlift
Differentiate between the reaction of Turkey, Iran and Iraq toward the Kurdish nationalism.
Open-book group research, presenter chosen.
Verify the policy of demonstrating a willingness to engage in a war to protect national interests.
Blitzkrieg
Warsaw Pact
Brinkmanship
Truman Doctrine
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.
Infer why Great Britain and France received so much aid.
None of the answers is correct
Two of the answers are correct
USA wanted to compensate them for their losses during WWII
They were the principal US allies during WWII
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.
The _________ provided Eastern and Western boundaries after World War II.
meeting at Potsdam
US Policy of Brinkmanship
building of the Berlin Wall
USSR Blockade of Berlin
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
U-2 Incident
Launching Sputnik I
In August 1957, the Soviets announced the development of a rocket that could travel great distance. It was referred to as ______________
Apollo I
Sputnik
An Intercontinental Balistic Missile (ICBM)
Biological Weapon
Specify the person who stated that the United States would “retaliate instantly, by means and at places of our own choosing.”
George Marshall
Harry Truman
John Foster Dulles
Roosevelt
Verify the policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence.
Truman Show
Marshall Plan
Democratization
Containment
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