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Cold War in Europe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The alliance system created by the Soviet Union to counter that created by the US | Warsaw Pact |
| The nickname for the bed of nails along the Berlin Wall. | Stalins Carpet |
| Drafted in the UN to try to ensure rights for people across the globe. | Universal declaration of human rights |
| the Soviet leader who attended all 3 war conferences and directed the USSR throughout the early years of the Cold War | Stalin |
| The leader of the USSR during the Berlin Crisis and the Hungarian Uprising. | Nikita Khrushcev |
| The Truman Doctrine was initially designed to aid Greece and _________. | Turkey |
| What were the post-war divisions of Germany called? | Occupation Zones |
| 8. Used by the US to prevent the USSR from joining the war in the Pacific after Potsdam-the US is the only country in the world to have used them | Nuclear Bombs |
| What were the US and the USSR known as during the Cold War? | Super Powers |
| US foreign policy throughout most of the duration of the Cold War | Containment |
| the period of history between 1945-1991 that saw tension and international conflict created by the ideological divide between the US and the USSR | The cold war |
| The leader of East Berlin/East Germany during the Berlin Crisis | Walter Ulbritch |
| This Plan allowed the US to send billions of dollars in redevelopment/reconstruction aid to European countries following WWII | Marshall Plan |
| The physical barrier created to divide East and West Berlin | Berlin Wall |
| This action on the part of the USSR and East Germany is what necessitated the Berlin Airlift. | Blockade |
| The nickname given to Soviet allies that acted under their influence | Satellite States |
| This Doctrine suggested aid be sent to any country defending itself from Soviet aggression and ultimately resulted in the policy of Containment | Truman Doctrine |
| Hungarian Prime Minister who tried to abolish single-party rule and remove Hungary from the Warsaw Pact, but was crushed by the USSR | Imre Nagy |
| The brutal and ubiquitous secret police of Communist East Germany. | Stasi |
| How the US and Britain addressed the Berlin Blockade | Airlift |
| Effort by the Czech government to soften Communism by easing state control of the economy and allowing free speech. | Prague Spring |
| The country that was the trigger of both WWII, and to a large extent, the Cold War, as free elections that were promised were not allowed | Poland |
| The country blamed for the war in the Pacific. | Japan |
| The term used by Churchill to describe the ideological barrier the USSR created to isolate Communist allies | Iron Curtain |
| Power granted to the big 5 in the UN that has been the barrier to its success in diffusing international conflict | Veto |
| Stations of guards were positioned to ensure only authorized individuals passed between East and West Germany | Checkpoint Charlie |
| Declaration resulting from the Prague Spring stating USSR | Brezhnev Doctrine |
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Maria Paz Bucheli
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