Question 256 of 300Politics in a Democracy

What did the expression "Iron Curtain" stand for? For the sealing off ...

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the Warsaw Pact against the West.
North Germany against South Germany.
Nazi Germany against the Allies.
Europe against the USA.

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Correct answer to question 185: the Warsaw Pact against the West.

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The expression "Iron Curtain" – coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 – stood for the sealing-off of the communist Warsaw Pact states from the West. It divided Europe into two political blocs throughout the Cold War.

The question in German, as it appears in the test

Wofür stand der Ausdruck „Eiserner Vorhang“? Für die Abschottung …

des Warschauer Pakts gegen den Westen.
Norddeutschlands gegen Süddeutschland.
Nazi-Deutschlands gegen die Alliierten.
Europas gegen die USA.

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