The divide between the communist soviet union and democratic western countries was called the "" by british prime minister winston churchill. a) steel wall b) eastern europe c) iron curtain d) world war ii

The correct answer is C.

The “Iron Curtain” is a metaphor which then Prime Minister, Winston Churchill said in a speech on March 5, 1946.

The term “Iron Curtain” referred to the barrier (divide) put up by the Communist Soviet Union between itself and western, non-communist democratic countries.

The Communist Soviet Union had decided to put up barriers after World War II.