WORTH 25 POINTS Read the passage from a speech by Winston Churchill.

“An iron curtain 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, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in many cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow [the Soviet capital].”

–Winston Churchill,

March 5, 1946

Which of the following most accurately restates what Churchill was saying?

A- The world needs to maintain peaceful relations with the nations of Central and Eastern Europe.

B- The Soviet Union has taken control of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

C- People who live in cities in Central and Eastern Europe have begun to use iron curtains.

D- The United States should invade Central and Eastern Europe to stop the spread of communism.