Early Cold War
Term used to define the "relaxation of tensions"
What is Detente?
What is the Korean War?
Name the term that means "at the brink of war."
Brinkmanship
Term used to define the idea of "opening up."
What is Glasnost?
If one country falls then several countries may fall right behind the first. This is the ____ theory.
What is Domino Theory?
President at the beginning of the Cold War.
Harry S. Truman
This is the name of the alliance between Western and European powers that sought to contain communism's spread.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Trade Organization)?
Term used to describe the era in which the USSR began trading in foreign markets.
What is perestroika?
Neither side won during this conflict in the Cold War.
What is the Korean War?
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
Capitalist superpower during the Cold War
What is the United States?
DAILY DOUBLE Name at least 5 members of the Warsaw Pact.
What are: USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland, Hungary
What is the name of the two agreements that the US and the USSR signed stating they would no longer build armaments?
SALT I and II, SALT Agreements, Strategics Arms Limitation Talks
What Proxy War lasted over 20 years and drafted 2.2 million American men to the military.
The Vietnam War
DAILY DOUBLE Describe the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is the event where the Soviets placed missiles in Cuba and the US wanted to have them removed?
Who was the Premier Leader of the USSR from 1953-1964?
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
The end of The Cold War was symbolically ended by--
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
What is the the shared ownership of property and production of the workers regulated by a government.
Who led the "witch hunts" of communists in the United States during the 1950s?
Senator Joseph McCarthy and/or HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee)