Key People
Who was the totalitarian leader of the Soviet Union during World War II and the start of the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
What economic system emphasizes private ownership and competition?
Capitalism
What conference took place in February 1945, before Germany surrendered, to discuss the postwar world?
Yalta
What military alliance did the United States and Western European countries form in 1949?
NATO
What city was divided into sectors controlled by the victorious Allies after World War II?
Berlin
Who became U.S. president after Franklin D. Roosevelt died in 1945?
Harry Truman
What political system allows citizens to participate in choosing their government?
Democracy
What 1945 conference took place after Germany surrendered and addressed the future of postwar Europe?
Potsdam
What military alliance did the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies form?
Warsaw Pact
What country was established in 1948 in the former British Mandate of Palestine?
Israel
Who led the Chinese Communist Party to victory in China in 1949?
Mao Zedong
What term describes a government that attempts to control nearly every aspect of people's lives?
Totalitarianism
What policy promised U.S. assistance to countries threatened by communism, beginning with Greece and Turkey?
Truman Doctrine
What parallel divided North Korea and South Korea after World War II?
38th Parallel
What was the name of the operation that supplied West Berlin by air after the Soviet Union blocked land access?
Berlin Airlift
Who was the Nationalist Chinese leader who opposed Mao Zedong?
Chiang Kai-shek
What policy aimed to prevent communism from spreading to new countries?
Containment
What 1917 British statement supported a Jewish homeland in Palestine but said the rights of existing non-Jewish communities should be protected?
Balfour Declaration
What term describes the political division between communist Eastern Europe and the West?
Iron Curtain
What country did Mao Zedong lead after the Communist victory in 1949?
China, officially the People's Republic of China
Which general’s push for a more aggressive strategy against Communist forces led to a controversial disagreement with Truman?
Douglas MacArthur
What movement encouraged Jews to move to Palestine and build a Jewish homeland?
Zionism
How was the Korean War an example of the policy of containment?
The U.S. and UN forces defended South Korea to stop Communism from spreading further in Asia.
What were the two countries created when Germany was officially divided in 1949?
East Germany and West Germany
Why did Truman remove General Douglas MacArthur from command in April 1951?
MacArthur publicly criticized Truman’s limited-war strategy and pushed to expand the war against China