Containment Policy Quiz

A) Using the definition of Soviet satellite states from your notes, list the 6 countries that were
part of the Eastern Bloc or Soviet buffer zone.
1. 4.
2 5.
3. 6.

B) Next, using your answers from part A, outline the Iron Curtain on the map below.

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C) Next, using the information from your notes, identify the two countries that received aid under
the Truman Doctrine.
1. ________________received $______________.
2. ________________received $______________.

D) The Marshall Plan aided many Western European countries in their post-war recoveries.
Using your knowledge of European geography and from the lesson, circle the countries that
would have received Marshall aid after WWII.
England Romania Italy Poland Russia France
Bulgaria
Austria Denmark West Germany East Germany Portugal
Netherlands

E) Critical Thinking Question: Using key vocabulary terms and content items from below, discuss
the origins of containment policy and the ensuing struggle between the Soviet Union and the
United States to gain influence in post-WWII Europe.

Vocabulary Terms
containment Soviet buffer zone demilitarize Iron Curtain subjugation
reparations satellite states Eastern Bloc deter

Content Items
Yalta Conference Truman Doctrine Cominform
Potsdam Conference Marshall Plan Comecon

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