Question
What is the Iron Curtain?
border dividing western and eastern European countries
military defense line across Europe
political boundary between rival nations
physical wall between European countries
border dividing western and eastern European countries
military defense line across Europe
political boundary between rival nations
physical wall between European countries
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GPT-4o mini
The term "Iron Curtain" primarily refers to the political boundary between rival nations, specifically the division between Western Europe (generally allied with the United States and NATO) and Eastern Europe (largely under the influence of the Soviet Union) during the Cold War. It symbolized the ideological and physical divide between the capitalist West and the communist East. This phrase was popularized by Winston Churchill in a speech he delivered in 1946.