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Iron Curtain
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1What form of protection did Stalin want at the beginning of the Cold War?
- AA buffer zone of other countries
- BTreaties between USSR and USA
- CPower over more countries
2Why did he want this protection?
- AFor more control
- BAgainst any future invasion of Soviet Russia
- CSo his power over countries wasn't threatened
3How did this happen?
- ASoviet troops freed countries from Nazi control but stayed in control as pro-USSR communist governments were set up
- BThey invaded soon after the Second World War
- CStalin already had power in these countries but gradually moved in more troops until they were in control
4How did this break an agreement at Yalta?
- AThey had signed a treaty with other countries so there was no chance of invasion
- BThey had agreed that countries freed from German control would have free elections to decide their new government
- CThey had agreed to respect each other's boundaries
- DThe setting up of the UN meant there was to be no indirect form of attack between countries
5Whose speech mentioned an 'Iron Curtain'?
- ATruman's
- BChurchill's
- CAttlee's
- DRoosevelt's
- EKhrushchev's
6Who did not seem concerned at first with this 'Iron Curtain'?
- ATruman
- BChurchill
- CStalin
- DRoosevelt
- EAttlee
7What did Churchill want to resist the expansion of the USSR in the East?
- AEastern European countries to join forces to rebel against the Iron Curtain
- BTreaties and pacts with Eastern European countries to avoid Soviet control
- CWestern powers to have an alliance between them
- DA form of aid to reach out to these countries and persuade them to boycott communism
8The name Iron Curtain means the imaginary line between Communism in the East and Capitalism in the West
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
9Which of these countries were part of the Iron Curtain?
- ACzechoslovakia
- BHungary
- CAustria
- DAlbania
- EPoland
- FGreece
- GRomania
10Which of these Iron Curtain countries were communist but independent from the USSR?
- AEast Germany
- BYugoslavia
- CBulgaria
- DSwitzerland
- ERomania
11The Iron Curtain made the situation more suspicious/ frosty between USSR and the West
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
12The civil war against communists in which country helped Truman to realise there were issues with the East (e.g Iron Curtain)?
- AGreece
- BTurkey
- CPoland
- DGermany
- ECzechoslovakia
13What did he realise, what formal document did he record his epiphany in, and in what year?
- ATruman Doctrine
- BMarshall Plan
- C1947
- D1946
- E1951
- F1945
- G1948
- HThat the only way to combat USSR's takeover was to use American resources
- IThat they had to fight the communists in the Iron Curtain countries
- JThat he was bored not caring and wanted to be a hero
14Which is a summary of this document?
- A"It is our duty to help countries fighting attempted conquest."
- B"If we don't do our duty, the peace of the world may be threatened."
- C"Minority groups who are fighting communism deserve our help."
- D"Those who fight outside pressures and attempted conquest should be given aid e.g resources, money."
- E"Our aid will help them to persevere and fight."
- F"Our aid will persuade them to turn away from outside pressures."
- G"Our aid will persuade them to turn away from communism."
15The policy of containment was founded through Marshall Aid
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
16The policy of containment was founded through the Truman Doctrine
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
17Many capitalists felt the Truman Doctrine was a declaration of war against communism.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
18Many communists felt the Truman Doctrine was an indirect declaration of war on Stalin.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
19Many communists felt the Truman Doctrine was an indirect declaration of war on communism.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
20In this way, many regard the Truman Doctrine as the start of the Cold War.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
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- A quiz about the Iron Curtain and its background and effects, and the Truman Doctrine.
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- KittyG-S
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