Question

In the 1940s and the 1950s, the area described as being “behind the Iron Curtain” was composed of.

A. The Soviet Union only
B. The Soviet Union and its satellite nations
C. The mostly democratic nations of Western Europe
D. The nations of North America: Canada, US, and Mexico

Answer 1

B
The Soviets Made Communist gov'ts in the satellitle states to keep the capitalist-democracy of the west out of the communist east

Answer 2

B. The Soviet Union and its satellite nations

The Soviet Union installed communist governments in neighboring nations (called satellite nations) in order to create a buffer to protect from an attack on their country. When the Berlin Wall (the "Iron Curtain") was built the nations behind the Wall were isolated from the other nations. These nations were rejected aid from the United States by the Soviet Union.