Cold war origins
Historical Leaders
East & West Germany
Events of the Cold War
Vocab and bonus
100
The name of the political group that took power after the Tsar stepped down.
Bolsheviks
100
The President responsible for resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis.
JFK
100
Who was controlling east Germany after world war 2?
The Soviet Union.
100
What year did Neil Armstrong land on the moon?
1969
100
Containment?
Containing communism and keeping it from spreading.
200
What was the Soviet unions type of government?
Communism
200
Harsh, oppressive leader of the USSR.
Joseph Stalin
200
The year the Berlin Wall fell.
1989
200
What is the arms race?
The U.S and Soviet Union competed for the upper hand in military power.
200
A cold war?
A war where there is no actual fighting.
300
State owned farms.
Collectives
300
Who killed JFK?
lee Harvey Oswald
300
The other name given to West Germany
German Democratic Republic
300
What is the domino theory?
The theory that if one country fell to communism other countries will soon fall.
300
What is the civil defense administration?
An organization who educated the public on protecting themselves from bomb and nuclear threats.
400
What is the "iron curtain"
The political and military barrier that isolated all soviet controlled regions after WW1
400
The first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong.
400
The other name given to East Germany.
Federal Republic of Germany
400
What was the sputnik?
A Russian satellite.
400
This economic ideal allows for the creation of social classes.
Capitalism
500
What does USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
500
The first person to orbit the earth.
Yuri Gagarin
500
How did people living in east Germany get supplies and food?
The U.S sent supplies via air lifts.
500
What is a ICBM
An Intercontinental ballistic missile.
500
(BONUS) How did we know that Cuba had missiles?
A U-2 spy plane
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