The Iron curtain
Proxy wars
Concepts
Cold War in Europe
100
At which 1945 conference did Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill divide Germany into occupation zones?
Yalta
100
Along which parallel was Korea divided
The 38 th parallel
100
Why was the war called "Cold War"
Cause no bullets were actually fired, apart from proxy wars
100
In what year was the Berlin Wall built?
1961
200
What was the name of the US economic aid programme launched in 1947 to rebuild Western Europe?
The Marshall Plan
200
What was the name of the failed US-backed invasion of Cuba in 1961?
THe Bay of Pigs
200
What is a proxy war?
A war where superpowers fights indirectly through other countries
200
What was the name of the Soviet led military alliance founded in 1955?
The Warsaw Pact
300
What term did Winston Churchill coin in 1946 to describe the division between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe?
THe Iron curtain
300
In what year did North Korea invade South Korea, triggering the Korean War?
1950
300
What theory suggested that if one country fell to communism, its neighbours would follow?
The Domino Theory
300
What were the official names of the two German states created in 1949?
BRD and DDR
400
What was the name of the US policy aimed at stopping further Soviet-communist expansion?
Containment
400
How many US military "advisors" did JFK send to Vietnam?
16.000
400
What word describes the policy of decreased tensions between the superpowers in the 1970s?
Détente
400
who is this?
JFK
500
Which country was the exception to Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, and left in 1948?
Yugoslavia
500
Which country entered the Korean War when US forces approached the Yalu River?
China
500
What doctrine declared the USSR's right to intervene in any socialist country where communism was under threat?
The Brezhnev Doctrine
500
What 1975 agreement accepted European borders and required communist governments to promise their peoples human rights?
Helsinki Agreement