WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the Iron Curtain?
A
A curtain used to block radioactive sunlight
B
An imaginary boundary that separated europe from africa
C
An imaginary boundary that separated east and western Europe
D
An actual wall that separated Berlin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Iron Curtain, the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Iron Curtain was the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Iron Curtain specifically refers to the imaginary line dividing Europe between Soviet influence and Western influence, and symbolizes efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -After World War II, the iron curtain was the political boundary between NATO countries and the Soviet Union. Although the iron curtain began as an imaginary line separating Western democracies from nations that supported the USSR, it eventually included 4, 300 miles of walls and fences.

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