COLD WAR
The global power shift after this 1945 event created conditions for ideological rivalry between the U.S. and USSR.
What is the end of World War II?
This ideology emphasized private ownership, free markets, and democratic governance.
What is capitalism?
200This Cold War conflict ended in a stalemate near the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
This principle promoted by the UN supported colonial independence movements.
What is self determination?
This competition showcased technological rivalry, beginning with Sputnik in 1957.
What is the Space Race?
This 1947 U.S. policy committed America to defending nations threatened by communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This Soviet-led military alliance formed in response to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This war began as a struggle against French colonialism and escalated into U.S. involvement but the citizens of U.S. were mostly against it.
What is the Vietnam War?
This nonviolent leader helped India gain independence in 1947.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This Cold War competition involved the rapid buildup of nuclear weapons by both superpowers, increasing global fear and tension.
What is the Global Arms Race?
This economic program aimed to stabilize Europe to prevent the spread of communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This Cold War strategy aimed to prevent the spread of communism without direct war between superpowers.
What is containment?
This 1962 Cold War confrontation occurred after the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in the Caribbean, bringing the U.S. and USSR close to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missle Crisis
This African nation became the first in sub‑Saharan Africa to gain independence in 1957.
What is Ghana?
This concept describes how Cold War alliances shaped political, military, and economic influence across multiple regions.
Spheres of Influence
Built in 1961, this structure became the clearest physical symbol of the "Iron Curtain".
What is the Berlin Wall?
This Western military alliance, formed in 1949, committed the United States and its European allies to mutual defense against Soviet expansion
What is NATO?
This 1979 Soviet invasion was in which country after it escalated Cold War tensions following a period of détente, it was largely considered a big fail.
What is Afghanistan?
A form of nationalism that seeks to unify all people of a shared culture or ethnicity across national boundaries.
Pan-nationalism
This movement rejected alignment with either Cold War superpower.
What is the Non‑Aligned Movement?
Name one of these events that happened between 1989–1991 and signaled the official end of the Cold War order.
What are the fall of the Berlin Wall / collapse of the Soviet Union?
This Cold War concept argued that the United States and Soviet Union avoided direct war because nuclear weapons made total destruction inevitable.
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
These conflicts allowed superpowers to compete without direct military engagement with each other.
What are Proxy Was?
Although many nations gained independence after World War II, former colonial powers often maintained influence through economic pressure and Cold War intervention, a pattern known as this.
What is neo‑imperialism?
Following the end of the cold war, this process was accelerated, spreading Western culture, markets, and media world wide.
What is globalization?