1945- 1949

Question 1

Berlin Blockade

Answer 1

When the USSR blocked the Western Allies ‘ railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.

Question 2

Comecon

Answer 2

Made in 1949 .The economic union of communist states which promised economic aid to its members. Any nation that joined the Comecon was banned from accepting any money from the Americans under the Marshall Plan.

Question 3

Cominform

Answer 3

a Soviet -dominated organization of Communist parties founded in September 1947 at a conference of Communist party leaders in Szklarska Poręba, Poland.

Question 4

Communism

Answer 4

is a political and economic system in which the major productive resources in a society—such as mines, factories, and farms—are owned by the public or the state

Question 5

Capitalism

Answer 5

an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are controlled by private owners rather than by the state, with the purpose of making a profit.

Question 6

Berlin Airlift

Answer 6

a massive operation to airlift basic supplies to the people of West Berlin following the Berlin Blockade. The operation began on June 26, 1948

Question 7

The Iron Curtain

Answer 7

The term used to describe the divide and tensions between Eastern and Western Europe after WW2

Question 8

Yalta Conference

Answer 8

February 1945. The “Big Three” Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt met to discuss the future of Britain and to split up Germany

Question 9

Potsdam Conference

Answer 9

July 1945. The leaders of the “Big Three” had changed. Churchill to Atlee
, Roosevelt to Truman.
Stalin remained. They discussed on how they would finalise the plans of the Yalta Conference