Post-War Europe: Rebuilding and Redrawing Borders

Post-War Europe: Rebuilding and Redrawing Borders

Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Some questions may require critical thinking and recall of historical facts about post-World War II Europe.

1. What was the main purpose of the Marshall Plan after World War II?

2. The 'Iron Curtain' was a term used to describe the division between which two parts of Europe?

1. After World War II, Germany was divided into four zones of occupation, controlled by the United States, Great Britain, France, and the  .

2. The military alliance formed by Western European countries and the United States to counter Soviet influence was called  .

3. The Soviet Union and its satellite states formed their own military alliance known as the   Pact.

1. The Berlin Wall was built to prevent people from East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin.

2. The Cold War was a direct military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.

1. Explain how the division of Germany after WWII led to the creation of East and West Germany.

2. Describe one major difference between the political and economic systems of Western Europe and Eastern Europe during the Cold War.