A concrete and barbed wire wall physically separating East and West Germany; most recognizable symbol of the Cold War
What is the Berlin Wall?
100
The use of military, economic, diplomatic, and psychological means to curtail the further advance of communism
What is containment?
100
Elected president of Russia for his support of reform
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
100
Communist dictator in Cuba
Who is Fidel Castro?
100
The site of a deadly confrontation between the Chinese army and college-aged dissidents
What is Tienanmen Square?
200
In the context of the Cold War, this term denotes the practice of avoiding military confrontation and instead supporting like-minded nations
What is limited war?
200
American president who was elected in 1980
Who is Ronald Reagan?
200
The Russian satellite that was the first mad-made satellite launched into space
What is Sputnik?
200
Communist leader of Yugoslavia
Who is Marshal Tito?
200
Mao's attempt to modernize Chinese agrarian economy; wrecked the Chinese steel industry and caused a famine
What is the Great Leap Forward?
300
Confrontation between the United States and the USSR after the USSR placed offensive missiles on Cuba
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
American social program led by Lyndon Johnson that sought to eliminate poverty
What is the Great Society?
300
Soviet policy during the 1980s of a wide range of social, political, and economic reforms
What is perestroika?
300
The dividing line between Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe
What is the iron curtain?
300
Communist China's attempt to stir up zeal for radical communism; resulted in civil chaos and economic decline
What is the Cultural Revolution?
400
"Openness"; Soviet policy of encouraging open discussions of the problems facing the USSR
What is glasnost?
400
Failed American attempt to invade Cuba
What is the Bay of Pigs?
400
The shooting down of an American spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960
What is the U-2 incident?
400
Communist guerrillas who launched subversive activity in South Vietnam
What is Viet Cong?
400
A Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
500
A build-up of weapons between two or more nations in order to maintain a position of strength and to prevent the other side from gaining a military edge
What is an arms race?
500
African American movement to gain fair and equal treatment in matters such as voting and access to public facilities
What is the civil rights movement?
500
Abbreviated SALT; limited the number of nuclear weapons that the United States and the USSR could possess
What is Strategic Arms Limitation Talks?
500
Soviet regional military alliance that included Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe; organized to counter NATO
What is the Warsaw Pact?
500
The Cold War theory that once Vietnam fell to communism, then other countries of Asia would fall like this, toppling against one another