The World At War
Post WWII
East vs West
Not Good
Down and Up
100
the names of the two opposing sides in World War II (not the nations that made up each side)
What is the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers (Allies)?
100
As WWII ended, the United Sates and the Soviet Union were called the world's ______ because of their positions of strength.
What is superpowers?
100
western nations typically have this form of political system/government
What is democracy?
100
after WWII the United States and the Soviet Union were the world's two strongest nations in ______ strength and ______ strength
What is economic strength and military strength?
100
this is the type of political and economic system that was present in the Soviet Union
What is the communism?
200
these nations made up the "evil" side during World War II
What is Germany, Italy, Japan?
200
after World War II this city was divided into east and west sections
What is Berlin, Germany?
200
western nations typically have this form of economic system/economy
What is free market (capitalism)?
200
the period of tense relations that lasted for decades between the USA and the USSR is called this
What is the Cold War?
200
this symbol of Soviet rule and oppression was torn down and marked the end of Soviet control of European nations
What is the Berlin Wall?
300
these nations made up the "good" side during World War II
What is Britain, France, USA, Soviet Union?
300
after WWII Europe was divided in two - the dividing line ran through this nation
What is Germany?
300
most western nations have this as their primary religion
What is Christianity?
300
during the period of tense relations between the USA and USSR the Soviet Union did not allow their citizens or citizens of the European nation under their control to do this
What is travel (also except that they did not allow them to view any western news)?
300
the Soviet Union was forced to grant independence to the European nations it had controlled in ______ and the Soviet Union itself collapsed and the nation once again became Russia in ______
What is 1989 (lost control of European nations) and 1991 (Soviet Union collapses)?
400
the years that World War II was fought
What is 1939-1945?
400
after WWII Europe was divided into these two portions - ______ West Europe and ______ East Europe
What is Free/Democratic West Europe and Soviet/Communist East Europe?
400
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said that it was as if an ______ fell across Europe after WWII
What is iron curtain?
400
although they claimed to be strong, by the time the 1980s came along the Soviet Union was actually very weak in this way
What is economically (their economy was failing)?
400
these are two examples of better relations between the USA and modern Russia
What is more trade between the two nations, reducing the number of nuclear weapons in each nation, cooperation between the two to try to stop terrorism?
500
The nations that made up the "good" side in World War I
What is Britain, France, Italy, Russia, USA?
500
eight current European nations that fell under control of the Soviet Union after WWII
What is Germany (East), [Czech Republic, Slovakia], Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, [Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia], Albania?
500
the beginnings of this in 1980 helped expose the bad conditions and harsh Soviet rule that was present in European nations that were under control of the USSR
What is cable television (CNN, satellite broadcasts)?
500
protests against Soviet rule was happening in all European countries under their control - it was news images of the protests in this nation that first were shown on western television
What is Poland?
500
during the period of tense relations between the USA and the USSR these people were about the only ones that Soviet leaders would allow to travel to the USA or other western nations
What is athletes?
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