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    The Cold War


    Howard Tennant

    HISTORY

    1 The United Nations and the Cold War Reading, Vocabulary


    Complete the text with the correct word(s) from the box.
    Soviet

    cold

    ideologies Baltic
    enmity

    conflict

    founded deal

    Europe

    Churchill

    buffer

    Germany superpowers

    propaganda Second World War leader

    relations

    allies

    between dictators

    Cold conflict
    In 1945 the United Nations was (1) ________________
    in an attempt to establish an organization that could
    (2) _________________ with the worlds quarrels.
    However, differences (3) _______________________ the
    former allies soon emerged.
    In a speech made in the USA in 1946 (4) _______________
    spoke of an iron curtain descending across
    (5) _____________. He imagined a line running from the
    (6) _____________ Sea in the north to the Adriatic Sea in
    the south. He described how the (7) ____________________
    leader Stalin had taken control of the countries of
    Eastern Europe.
    For forty-five years after the end of the (8) _______________ world war there existed a
    (9) _______________ War. It was called this because although no shots were fired,
    between the USA and the Soviet Union and their (10) _______________ it was a war of
    words and (11) _______________.
    The causes of this global (12) _______________ were not simply to do with the different
    political (13) _______________ of the two leading nations, or the (14) _______________ , as
    they were called, but with mistrust stemming from the (15) _______________ over what
    had happened in the war. The Soviet (16) _______________ Stalin felt that at times the
    Soviet Union had stood alone against (17) _______________ and he saw the Eastern
    European countries as (18) _______________ zones against invasion.

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    For its part, the USA, realizing it could not stand outside international
    (19) _______________, felt it was important to stand up to (20) _______________ such
    as Stalin.

    HISTORY

    2 A lecture on the Cold War

    Reading, Listening

    Listen to or read this lecture on the Cold War and complete it with the
    correct verb from the lists below.

    The Cold War is the name given to the relationship that (1) ________________
    primarily between the USA and the USSR after World War Two. The Cold War
    was to (2) ___________ international affairs for decades and many major crises
    (3) ___________ during this time in history: the Cuban Missile Crisis, the war in
    Vietnam, the Hungarian Revolution and the Berlin Wall being just some. For many
    the growth in weapons of mass destruction was the most worrying issue.
    Logic would (4) ___________ that as the USA and the USSR (5) ___________ as allies
    during World War Two, their relationship after the war would be firm and friendly.
    This never happened and any appearance that these two powers were friendly even
    during the war is illusory.
    Before the war, America had (6) ___________ the Soviet Union as almost the
    devil incarnate. The Soviet Union had depicted America in the same way so their
    friendship during the war was simply the result of having a mutual enemy: Nazi
    Germany.

    d. developed

    (2) a. delay

    b. dominate

    c. disappear

    d. detect

    (3) a. occurred

    b. occupied

    c. overcame

    d. obsessed

    (4) a. see

    b. show

    c. suggest

    d. surprise

    (5) a. felt

    b. feed

    c. frightened

    d. fought

    (6) a. denied

    b. derided

    c. depicted

    d. detested

    (7) a. existed

    b. excited

    c. extended

    d. excused

    (8) a. coordinated

    b. controlled

    c. corrupted

    d. cohabited

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    So the distrust that (7) ___________ before and during the war, was certainly
    present after the war and they were supposed to be allies! Both sides were
    highly suspicious of the other. One had a vast army in the field while the other, the
    Americans, potentially (8) ___________ the most powerful weapon in the world,
    the Atom bomb, and the Soviets had no way of knowing how many of these bombs
    America had.

    The American Revolution


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    War of Independence
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    Tennant

    1 The United Nations and the Cold War Reading, Vocabulary


    Cold conflict
    1. founded

    11. propaganda

    2. deal

    12. conflict

    3. between

    13. ideologies

    4. Churchill

    14. superpowers

    5. Europe

    15. enmity

    6. Baltic

    16. leader

    7. Soviet

    17. Germany

    8. Second World War

    18. buffer

    9. Cold

    19. relations

    10. allies

    20. dictators

    2 A lecture on the Cold War

    Reading, Listening

    The Cold War is the name given to the relationship that (1) developed primarily
    between the USA and the USSR after World War Two. The Cold War was to
    (2) dominate international affairs for decades and many major crises (3) occurred
    during this time in history: the Cuban Missile Crisis, the war in Vietnam, the
    Hungarian Revolution and the Berlin Wall being just some. For many the growth in
    weapons of mass destruction was the most worrying issue.
    Logic would (4) suggest that as the USA and the USSR (5) fought as allies during
    World War Two, their relationship after the war would be firm and friendly. This
    never happened and any appearance that these two powers were friendly even
    during the war is illusory.
    Before the war, America had (6) depicted the Soviet Union as almost the devil
    incarnate. The Soviet Union had depicted America in the same way so their friendship
    during the war was simply the result of having a mutual enemy: Nazi Germany.
    So the distrust that (7) existed before and during the war, was certainly present after
    the war and they were supposed to be Allies! Both sides were highly suspicious
    of the other. One had a vast army in the field while the other, the Americans,
    potentially (8) controlled the most powerful weapon in the world, the Atom bomb,
    and the Soviets had no way of knowing how many of these bombs America had.

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    Written by Howard Tennant. Copyright Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2008.

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