The Soviet Takeover Of Eastern Europe

Question 1

What is a satelite state?

Answer 1

A Satellite State is a political term that refers to a country or nation that was
formally independent, but is politically and economically influenced
by another country

Question 2

List methods used to establish satelite states:

Answer 2

1. Bribing or threatening people into voting for Communists
2. Banning other parties
3. Murdering other party leaders (e.g. Czechoslovakia)
4. Soldiers & Secret police used to scare and intimidate voters
5. Elections would be rigged (Fixed) (e.g. Poland)

Question 3

List reasons why Eastern Europe would be important to Stalin:

Answer 3

• Eastern Europe would act as an important buffer zone between the USSR and the West
• Stalin feared Eastern Europe coukd be a doorway for an attack on the USSR by the west
• Stalin saw Eastern Europe as a part of the USSR ‘sphere of influence’.