Origins
Name the three world leaders who met at the Yalta Conference in 1945.
FDR (Franklin Roosevelt), Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin
What phrase means Europe's division between East and West, democratic and communist?
Iron Curtain
What was the U.S. policy called that attempted to stop the spread of communism?
Containment
In 1948, the allies merged their zones in Germany to create which new country?
West Germany
What does the alliance acronym NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Into how many zones was Germany split after the Yalta Conference?
Four
What was the primary role of "satellite nations" or border nations to the USSR?
act as a buffer zone against attacks
Which doctrine stated that the U.S. would support any nation threatened by communism?
Truman Doctrine
How did Stalin react to the allies merging their zones in 1948?
Closed all access to West Berlin
What was the Soviet military alliance with its satellite nations called?
Warsaw Pact
What is the primary goal of member nations in the United Nations? (should be 3)
settle problems peacefully, promote justice, and solve international problems
Who coined the famous term "Iron Curtain"?
Winston Churchill
What was the U.S. economic plan to rebuild Europe called?
Marshall Plan
What was the Marshall Plan?
US economic plan to rebuild Europe
What structure did the U.S.S.R. build to separate East Germany from West Germany?
The Berlin Wall
Which four major countries made up the initial Security Council according to your notes?
Great Britain, USSR, US, China
What is the "Domino Theory"?
The idea that if one country fell to communism then others would.
What were the two main objectives of the Marshall Plan?
1. Sent food, loans and money
2. helped create strong democracies
What did Stalin finally do after a year of the Berlin Airlift?
Gave up the Blockade
In NATO, member nations agreed that an "armed attack on one" would be considered what?
"an attack on all"
How many countries on the Security Council are needed to veto a policy?
1
What was Stalin supposed to do in Eastern Europe but refused, leading to the Iron Curtain?
He was supposed to have free and fair elections, but did not.
According to the notes, what does the Cold War avoid?
direct, large scale war
What was the specific military code name for the Berlin Airlift mission?
Operation Vittles
In what year was the NATO alliance formed?
1949