The begining of the cold war

Question 1

what was aliiance

Answer 1

agreements between two countries to help or defend each other usually in trade or in war

Question 1

what was the atomic bomb

Answer 1

nuclear weapons, used by the USA in ww2 against japan but were a constant threat in the cold war

Question 2

what was appeasement

Answer 2

The policy of giving in
to an aggressor in the
hope that it would prevent them
from demanding even more or
from going to war

Question 3

what was the berlin aircraft

Answer 3

Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin.

Question 4

what was the berlin blockade

Answer 4

action by USSR to cut road, rail and canal links between west berlin and the rest of germany. ain was to force USA and allies to withdraw from west berlin

Question 5

what was capitalism

Answer 5

political, social and economic system centered on democracy and individual freedoms such as free speech, political beliefs and freedom to do business

Question 6

what was cominform

Answer 6

organisation to spread communist ideas and also make sure communist states followed ideas of communism practiced in USSR

Question 7

what was democracy

Answer 7

political system in which the population votes for its government in elections held on a regular basis

Question 8

what was dictatorship

Answer 8

system in which one person runs a country

Question 9

what was iron cutrain

Answer 9

term used by Churchill in 1946 to describe separation of eastern and western europe into communist and non- communist states

Question 10

what was isolationism

Answer 10

policy in the USA in the 1920’s which argued that the USA sould not get involved in internation dispute

Question 11

what was the marshall aid

Answer 11

programme of US economic aid to western europe 1947-51. the aim was to aid economic recovery but also prevent more states becoming communist

Question 12

what was the marshall plan

Answer 12

the pl;an behind marshall aid. although it was an economic programme it was also political

Question 13

what was NATO

Answer 13

North Atlantic treaty organistation alliance formed by USA and other western states which promised to defend memebers against any attack, particulary from the USSR

Question 14

what was the potsdam conference

Answer 14

conference held in august 1945 between Truman, Stalin, Churchill (then atlee) where they discussed major issues including the atomic bomb and soviet take-over of eastern europe

Question 15

what was the soviet sphere of influence

Answer 15

terms agreed in yalta conference in 1945 - western powers agreed that poland and other parts eastern europe would be under soviet influence

Question 16

what was the soviet union

Answer 16

the former russian empire after it became a communist state in the 1920’s

Question 17

what was superpower

Answer 17

a country in a dominant international position tht is able to influence events

Question 18

what was the truman doctrine

Answer 18

policy of US president truman from 1947 to promise help to any state threatend by communism

Question 19

what was the west/western powers

Answer 19

term generally used to refer to USA and its allies in the cold war

Question 20

what was the yalta conference

Answer 20

confernece between USA, USSR and britain in 1945 to decide the shape of the world after the second world war ended