Vocab 1
The decades-long competition between the USA and the USSR beginning after WW2 and ending in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union
The Cold War
Another name for the USSR
Soviet Union
The number of countries that made up the USSR
15
Winner of the Space Race
USA
The first war to contain communism during the 1950s
Korean War
An economic system in which the government controls all industry
Communism
The literacy rate of the Soviet Union in 1981
99%
The country that put the first man-made satellite into space
The second war to contain communism after World War 2
Vietnam War
The competition between the USA and USSR for nuclear armaments
Arms Race
The alliance formed between the United States and pro-capitalist allies after WW2
NATO
The main reason why the Soviet Union collapsed
Bankruptcy
The name of the first satellite put into space
Sputnik 1
The line separating North and South Korea
38th parallel
A danger that poses a risk to the continued existence of a person or country
Existential threat
The alliance formed by the Soviet Union and its allies in response to NATO
Warsaw Pact
Glasnost or Perestroika
The name of the mission that put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon
Apollo 11
The communist leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
When two countries can destroy each other so they never actually fight
MAD- Mutually Assured Destruction
Which was most important to the USSR, religion or science?
science
The name of the most recent mission to the moon
Artemis 2
The US policy that was behind US-involvement in Korea and Vietnam