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The Cold War Begins Pages 324 - 327
1. Why were the United States and the Soviet Union considered Superpowers? (page 324 paragraph 1)
2. Explain why it is called a “COLD” war. What did this cold war lead to? (page 324 paragraph 2)
3. What were the two competing ideologies of the Cold War? (page 325 paragraph 1)
4. Explain, in your own words, the political differences between western democracy and soviet communism. (page 325 political
system row)
5. Explain, in your own words, the individual differences between western democracy and soviet communism. (page 325
individual rights row)
6. Explain, in your own words, the economic differences between western democracy and soviet communism. (page 325
economic system row)
7. What agreements and pledges were made at the Yalta Conference? (page 325 paragraph 2)
8. What happened to Easter Europe after World War II? (page 325 paragraph 3)
9. Why did Stalin want to control eastern European countries? (page 325 paragraph 3)
10. What do you think the term “Iron Curtain” means? (page 325 paragraph 3)
11. Identify the 8 areas that were part of this iron curtain as soviet satellite nations. (page 325 paragraph 3)
12. What was an immediate effect of the Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe? (page 326 paragraph 1)
13. Why were western leaders afraid of Stalin? (page 326 paragraph 2)
14. What marked the beginning of America’s containment policy? (page 326 paragraph 3)
15. Explain what the policy of containment is. (page 326 paragraph 3)
16. Explain what the Marshall Plan did. (page 326 paragraph 3)
17. Explain what was going on during the Berlin Airlift. (page 327 paragraph 1)
18. What happened to Germany in 1949? Who controlled East Germany? West Germany? (page 327 paragraph 2)
19. What was NATO and why was it formed? (page 327 paragraph 3)
20. What was the Warsaw Pact and why was it formed? (page 327 paragraph 3)