Conflicts and Crises
This event is the closest the US and the USSR came to nuclear war.
Cuban Missile Crisis
This Chinese leader led a communist revolution
Mao Zedong
This US policy promised to support countries threatened by communism
Truman Doctrine
This German City was divided into four sectors controlled by Allied powers after WWII
Berlin
There was no fighting in the Cold War
This failed US backed operation of Cuba led the USSR to place missiles there.
Bay of pigs Invasion
This Cuban Leader came to power after a revolution in 1959
Fidel Castro
Define the idea of containment
Communism needed to be stopped from spreading to any new countries
What four countries controlled the different parts of Germany following WWII
The United States started out the Space Race ahead
False
What is a proxy war
indirect fighting between the US and USSR in other countries without directly declaring war. Example-Vietnam, Korea, Etc
The Soviet leader that introduced reforms like perestroika that helped end the Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev
Define the Domino theory
The idea that if one country fell to communism others would soon follow
1989
The Great Leap Forward was a major failure in China that led to many starving to death
True
What is one major difference between the Vietnam and Korean War
The Vietnam War was much longer than the Korean War
In the Korean War it was a stalemate and in the Vietnam War communism won
This man became the first president of Russia after the Soviet Union Collapsed
Boris Yeltsin
What is Perestroika
Gorbachev's reform of restructuring policy and creating more private ownership
After the fall of the Soviet Union, many republics did this.
break away from the Soviet Union and become independent
The Cold War did not end with any specific treaty. The Soviet Union just fell apart
True
On which parallel is Korea still divided today
38th parallel
Before the communist victory in China, this national leader opposed Mao Zedong and later fled to Taiwan
Chian Kai-shek
What was the Marshall Plan
US program also known as the European Recovery Program provided financial aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII
This conference in 1945 set the stage for the division of Germany and tensions between Allied powers after WWII
Potsdam Conference
Name three countries that gained independence during this time?
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