Cold War 1
How did the Korean War end?
No one won...it was a tie
Which British prime minister came up with the phrase the “iron curtain”?
Winston Churchill
A conflict between The North and South Vietnamese; the United States got involved to help the South Vietnamese in spreading communism.
The Vietnam War
Soviet Union leader after Joseph Stalin; he was responsible for the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nakita Kruschev
What is the thought that if one country fell to communism, then other countries would fall soon after?
Domino Theory
After the war, Germany was split into two – East Germany and West Germany, and so was the city of Berlin. Which side of the city of Berlin did the Soviet Union control?
East Berlin
An invisible divide between countries that supported communism and countries that supported democracy.
The Iron Curtain
A type of government where people vote for representatives to make laws.
Democracy
What was the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Both sides agreed that nuclear war would be a disaster and called off the arms race.
How many days did the Berlin Airlift last?
321 Days
An organization formed to help prevent the spread of communism among free nations.
NATO
Not technically a war; tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Cold War
What type of government does the United States have?
Democracy
During the Berlin Airlift, the United States dropped supplies by what?
Plane
A type of government where the government controls business and laws.
Communism
A conflict between North Korea and South Korea that ended in a stalemate.
The Korean War
When people became scared the communism began to spread across the United States.
The Red Scare
Which term means making charges against a person without any real evidence?
McCarthyism
A United States senator that spread the scare of communism in the U.S.
Joseph McCarthy
Where the United States airplanes delivered to supplies to West Berlin every day for 321 days.
The Berlin Airlift