Cokd War Mocks

Question 1

by 1948, what was established across europe?

Answer 1

satellite states

Question 2

what is a satellite state?

Answer 2

a country under the influence or control of another state

Question 3

why did stalincreat soviet controlled states?

Answer 3

to create a buffer against future invasions

Question 4

list some soviet satellite states

Answer 4

albania, bulgaria, czechoslovakia, east germany, hungary, poland, romania

Question 5

what were the concequences of creating satellite states?

Answer 5

• eastern europian countries now acted as security against a possible future invasion from the west in the soviet union
• increased rivalry - trizonia believed stalin’s motives were plotical - expansion of soviet empire and comm. throughout europe
• SU now had control over eastern europe, confirming divisions between east and west as stated in the iron curtain speech

Question 6

where and when was the iron curtain speech?

Answer 6

Fulton, 1946

Question 7

what did the iron curtain speech say?

Answer 7

an iron curtain had descended across the continent of europe, dividing the communist east from the capitalist west

Question 8

wheb were the novikov and long telegrams

Answer 8

1946

Question 9

what did george kennan see the su as?

Answer 9

aggressive

Question 10

what did kennan recommend?

Answer 10

action against soviet exa

pansion in eastern europe

Question 11

what did the long telegram influence?

Answer 11

truman’s policies in the cold war, particularly containment

Question 12

what did novikov accuse the usa of trying to do in the novikov telegram?

Answer 12

trying to achieve world dominance