Question

"It is my duty, however, to place before you certain facts about the present position in Europe. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an ____ ____ has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe... all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere." - Winston Churchill, March 5, 1946

What words correctly go in the blanks in Churchill's statement?

A) Cold War

B) Iron Curtain

C) Early Sunset

D) Soviet Union

Answer 1

From Stetting in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an Iron Curtain has descended across the Continent.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B.

The Iron Curtain is a term which was first used in Winston Churchill's speech in 1946.

The term refers to the boundary line that divided Europe into two political areas: the free Western Europe and the Soviet-ruled Eastern Europe.

It is also a description of the blockage between these two parts, the curtain is made up of iron thus impossible to break.

It was only in 1991 when the Cold War ended that the Iron Curtain ceased to exist.