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Start of the Cold War in Europe Answers

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Which term best describes the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

A
collaborative
B
competitive
C
complacent
D
cooperative
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Which of the following countries were part of the Eastern Bloc? Check all that apply.

A
Bulgaria
B
Czechoslovakia
C
Finland
D
Greece
E
Poland
F
Romania
G
Yugoslavia
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A
stalemate
B
ongoing battles
C
indirect conflict
D
security
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A
France
B
Germany
C
Poland
D
Russia
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Which best describes why the United States tried to strengthen democracy on a global scale during the Cold War?

A
to achieve cooperation and security
B
to protect itself from a Soviet invasion
C
to secure its economic future
D
to guarantee individuals’ personal freedoms
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Why did Secretary of State George Marshall think it was important for postwar Europe to be stable and prosperous?

A
It would be more likely to reject communism.
B
It would be more likely to embrace American lifestyles.
C
It would be able to buy more American exports.
D
It would be better able to defend itself in war.
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How did the Soviet Union try to ensure that satellite states would follow its policies?

A
It installed leaders from the Soviet Union.
B
It had popular support that inspired local governments.
C
It controlled local communist governments.
D
It created governments that had popular support.
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Which of these most likely explains why people in the Eastern Bloc had little contact with the West?

A
They feared the West.
B
They had no access to Western culture.
C
They disproved of capitalism.
D
They could not travel freely.
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A
US containment policy
B
satellite states
C
Potsdam Conference
D
Eastern Bloc
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Under the Truman Doctrine, the United States provided assistance to

A
bolster weakening support for democracy.
B
countries rebuilding after war.
C
threaten Soviet aid efforts.
D
help countries threatened by communism.
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What was the Iron Curtain?

A
a term for the divide that isolated the East
B
another name for the Berlin Wall
C
Stalin’s term for the buffer states
D
the name for the Soviet defense system
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Why did people within the Eastern Bloc have few economic freedoms?

A
There were few stores.
B
The state gave people everything.
C
The government controlled the economy.
D
There were few imports.
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Which best describes why the Soviet Union established buffer states around its borders?

A
to enlarge the country
B
to protect itself from direct invasion
C
to intimidate potential invaders
D
to promote European integration

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