1 Which development fundamentally altered American policy in Europe at the end of the Second World War?

2 Name the communist-led organization which fought the Greek government during the Greek civil war.
3 Explain why Stalin did not send aid to the Greek communists during the Greek civil war.

4 How was Turkey of greater strategic value than. Greece to the west?

5 What did the 'containment policy' mean?
6 What motivated Stalin's actions in eastern Europe at the end of the SecondWorld War?
7 Why did Tito sever relations with Stalin in 1948?

8 Why did America decide to give financial aid to Europe in 1947?

9 How did the Soviet Union respond to the Marshall Plan?
10 In what way did the Soviet Union respond to the west's proposal for currency reform in Germany?

11 By what method did the western powers overcome the Berlin blockade?
12 Name the state created out of the westem zones of Germany in 1949. Name the state created out of the Soviet zone.

13 List the nations which formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N.A.T.O.) in 1949.

14 How did the Soviet Union treat the states of eastern Europe between 1949 and1953?

15 In which year did the Soviet Union explode its first atomic bomb?

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1 The development that fundamentally altered American policy in Europe at the end of the Second World War was the start of the Cold War.

2 The communist-led organization that fought the Greek government during the Greek civil war was the National Liberation Front (EAM).

3 Stalin did not send aid to the Greek communists during the Greek civil war because he was preoccupied with consolidating Soviet control over Eastern Europe.

4 Turkey was of greater strategic value than Greece to the west because it controlled access to the Black Sea and the Middle East.

5 The 'containment policy' meant the strategy of preventing the spread of communism beyond its existing borders.

6 Stalin's actions in eastern Europe at the end of the Second World War were motivated by his desire to establish a buffer zone against potential Western aggression.

7 Tito severed relations with Stalin in 1948 due to ideological differences and tensions over Yugoslav independence.

8 America decided to give financial aid to Europe in 1947 through the Marshall Plan to prevent the spread of communism and rebuild war-torn economies.

9 The Soviet Union responded to the Marshall Plan by rejecting it and organizing its own economic bloc in Eastern Europe.

10 The Soviet Union responded to the west's proposal for currency reform in Germany by initiating the Berlin Blockade.

11 The western powers overcame the Berlin blockade through the Berlin Airlift, in which they airlifted supplies to West Berlin.

12 The state created out of the western zones of Germany in 1949 was West Germany, while the state created out of the Soviet zone was East Germany.

13 The nations that formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949 were the United States, Canada, and several European countries.

14 The Soviet Union treated the states of eastern Europe between 1949 and 1953 by establishing communist governments loyal to Moscow.

15 The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949.