27.1

Question 1

How long was the Cold War?

Answer 1

50 years

Question 2

What is an iron curtain?

Answer 2

A figure of speech, it divides free and not free

Question 3

Who is free and who isn’t?

Answer 3

In the West you are free and in the East you aren’t. West is best and east is a beast.

Question 4

Who created the iron curtain?

Answer 4

Winston Churchill

Question 5

What does Churchill warn people right after WW2?

Answer 5

Churchill warns everyone that Stalin would kill people to force communism

Question 6

Who was the first president of the USSR?

Answer 6

Vladmir Lenin

Question 7

Who was the second president of the USSR?

Answer 7

Joseph Stalin

Question 8

What happens right after WW2?

Answer 8

Germany divides into four pieces

Question 9

Who gets each piece of Germany?

Answer 9

The winning Allies

Question 10

Why were Greece and Turkey were susceptible to communism?

Answer 10

They were struggling after the war

Question 11

What is the Truman Doctrine?

Answer 11

Financial aid to prevent people from becoming communist

Question 12

Congress controls the____

Answer 12

purse

Question 13

Where was the United Nations discussed?

Answer 13

The Yalta Conference

Question 14

What date was the UN created, and where?

Answer 14

June 26, 1945 in San Francisco, California

Question 15

What was the charter? How many people signed it?

Answer 15

It was a binding plan founded with rights and privileges, 50 countries signed it to create the UN

Question 16

What was the purpose of creating the United Nations

Answer 16

To settle international disputes and prevent future war

Question 17

When did WW1 end?

Answer 17

1918 with the Treaty of Versailles

Question 18

What was created after WW1?

Answer 18

The League of Nations

Question 19

What is the League of Nations?

Answer 19

The first attempt at keeping world peace

Question 20

Who came up with the idea for the League of Nations?

Answer 20

Woodrow Wilson (democrat) with his 14 points

Question 21

How many members of the United Nations today?

Answer 21

193

Question 22

Who was in control of Congress and what did they do to the League of Nations?

Answer 22

Republicans and they vetoed it

Question 23

Who are the 5 permanent members of the UN?

Answer 23

US, Russia, China, UK, France, they must agree on each vote.

Question 24

How many members of NATO?

Answer 24

32

Question 25

Who are the two most recent members of NATO?

Answer 25

Finland and Sweden

Question 26

When was NATO formed?

Answer 26

1949

Question 27

When was the Korean War

Answer 27

1950-1953

Question 28

What are NATO’s two official languages?

Answer 28

English and French

Question 29

What does NATO stand for?

Answer 29

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 30

What does GDP stand for?

Answer 30

Gross Domestic Product

Question 31

How much are GDP NATO members supposed to spend on defense?

Answer 31

2%

Question 32

What is the rule of countries that join NATO?

Answer 32

Members must be a democracy, military forces under firm civilian control.

Question 33

How many nations did NATO start with?

Answer 33

12

Question 34

What did the USSR create in response to NATO?

Answer 34

The Warsaw Pact

Question 35

What is the purpose of a buffer?

Answer 35

To see other countries get attacked first so you are prepared

Question 36

Why does Russia feel threatened and angry?

Answer 36

Some of the previous USSR Warsaw pact joined NATO

Question 37

An attack on one is an___

Answer 37

attack on all

Question 38

What questions do all economic systems answer?

Answer 38

What will we produce?
How will we produce it?
Who will consume it?

Question 39

Is communism a free market?

Answer 39

No

Question 40

Is capitalism a free market?

Answer 40

Yes