17.1 and 17.5 Quiz

Question 1

Marshall Plan

Answer 1

An economic aid package designed to give European nations the aid needed to rebuild after WW2

Question 2

United Nations

Answer 2

An organization of nations set up after World War 2, including both of the superpowers

Question 3

Warsaw Pact

Answer 3

The alliance between the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies.

Question 4

Iron Curtain

Answer 4

The term that was used by Winston Churchill to represent the division between a mostly democratic Western Europe and a Communist Eastern Europe

Question 5

Yalta Agreement

Answer 5

This involved dividing Germany into sections controlled by the Soviet Union and the Western powers

Question 6

NATO

Answer 6

The alliance between the U.S., Canada, and many Western European nations

Question 7

Sputnik l

Answer 7

The name of the first satellite launched into space by any country

Question 8

U-2

Answer 8

This aircraft was involved in a dispute between the Soviet Union and the U.S. over the shooting down of a spy plane

Question 9

Brinkmanship

Answer 9

The policy of demonstrating willingness to engage in war to protect national interests

Question 10

Containment

Answer 10

The policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence

Question 12

The goal of the Soviet policy of destalinization was to?

Answer 12

Criticize Stalin’s abuses of power

Question 12

The Cuban Missile Crisis pitted Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev against President?

Answer 12

John F. Kennedy

Question 13

In the summer of 1968, forces from the Warsaw Pact nations invaded?

Answer 13

Czechoslovakia

Question 14

The policy of detente was mainly intended to?

Answer 14

Reduce cold war tensions

Question 15

The program called “Star Wars” was backed by?

Answer 15

Ronald Reagan