Cold War Formation of Satellite States Narrative Account

Question 1

P1
At the end of WW2 what did the Soviet’s occupy most of?

Answer 1

Eastern Europe.

Question 2

P1
What did the Soviet’s want to create?

Answer 2

A buffer zone of friendly governments.

Question 3

P1
Why did the Soviet’s want to create a buffer of friendly Governments?

Answer 3

To protect itself from future attacks.

Question 4

P1
What countries did the Soviet’s establish control over?

Answer 4

Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bulgaria

Question 5

P1
What did the Soviet’s turn the countries which they had control over into?

Answer 5

Satellite states.

Question 6

P2
What did the Soviet’s ensure between 1945 and 1948?

Answer 6

These countries had communist governments loyal to Moscow.

Question 7

P2
How did the Soviet’s ensure loyalty from the satellite states?

Answer 7

Manipulating elections

Intimidating opposition parties

Sometimes using force

Question 8

P2
What was an example of where the Soviet’s used force to control the satellite states?

Answer 8

Czechoslovakia (1948)

Question 9

P2
What two things did the communist party do in Czechoslovakia?

Answer 9

Seized power in a coup

Removed democratic leaders.

Question 10

P2
What were the satellite states forced into?

Answer 10

Soviet policies.

Question 11

P2
What of the satellite states became linked to the USSR?

Answer 11

Economies and Militaries.

Question 12

P3
What did the formation of satellite states do for relations between the USSR and the US?

Answer 12

Increased tensions.

Question 13

P3
Why did this increase tensions?

Answer 13

As it showed Stalin was expanding his influence and spreading communism in Eastern Europe.

Question 14

P3
What directly contributed to the start of the Cold War?

Answer 14

Division of Europe - Communist East and Capitalist West.

Question 15

P3
What two things did the Western countries fear?

Answer 15

Soviet domination

Loss of democracy in the region.