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 ______________
Sputnik
An Intercontinental Balistic Missile (ICBM)
Biological Weapon
Apollo I
15
Clarify what increased the tension between USSR and Western Europe.
The Berlin Blockade
The Iron Curtain
The Marshall Plan
The formation of the UN
15
Verify the policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence.
Truman Show
Democratization
Marshall Plan
Containment
20
The Truman Doctrine promised economic aid to any country under the threat of communism. It also intensified ----------------- between America and USSR.
diplomatic hostilities
diplomatic cooperation
military competition
economic competition
15
Point out which term came to represent Europe’s division into mostly democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe.
Marshall Plan
Brinkmanship
The Iron Curtain
Federal German Republic
15
Infer why Great Britain and France received so much aid.
USA wanted to compensate them for their losses during WWII
They were the principal US allies during WWII
None of the answers is correct
Two of the answers are correct
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.
Building the Berlin Wall
Bombing Germany with missiles
Holding West Berlin hostage
Declaring war on Germany
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
George Marshall
Roosevelt
15
----------------- is a struggle over political differences carried on by means short of military action or war.
Brinkmanship
Marshall Plan
Cold War
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.
Blitzkrieg
Brinkmanship
Truman Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
15
Point out the dispute between the Soviet Union and the United States that resulted from the shooting down of a spy plane.
Marshall Plan
Launching Sputnik I
Brinkmanship
U-2 Incident
15
This names the first satellite to be launched into space by any country.
Apollo
USSR Enterprise Line
Sputnik I
Highligner
15
The _________ provided Eastern and Western boundaries after World War II.