Geography
This country was divided after WWII and it's right side was led by the Soviets.
What is East Germany?
The two main superpowers in conflict during the Cold War
Who were the United States and the Soviet Union?
This conflict that started between communist North Korea and South Korea in 1950, but soon became a proxy war between the USSR and the United States. Communist North Korea wanted to unite both sides into a communist state
What is the Korean War?
Germany was divided according to these economic systems after WWII.
What is capitalism and communism?
Who is Mao Zedong?
These countries benefited the most from the Marshall Plan
What is former allies and those on the "Iron Curtain" line?
"Iron Curtain" was a name given by Winston Churchill to describe this region
What is the imaginary line dividing the democratic countries of Western Europe from the communist countries of Eastern Europe?
This event sparked tension in the United States when Fidel Castro led a communist revolution in a country that is only 90 miles away from Florida.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The concrete wall built by the Communists around the city of West Berlin to prevent people in East Germany from fleeing to West Germany.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This was a period in China where Mao used violent young Communist soldiers (known as Red Guards) to eliminate all of the opposition that he had within China
What is the Cultural Revolution?
This Mediterranean country was given funds from the Marshall Plan to encourage them to remain democratic and join NATO due to their proximity to countries in the Warsaw Pact
What is Greece?
This policy used by the United States in which it attempted to stop the spread of communism
What is Containment?
This war was fought between the Arab states of Syria and Egypt against Israel. The US supported Israel while the USSR supported Syria and Egypt.
What was the Yom Kippur Wars?
The event in which the United States, Britain, and France flew in supplies to the people of West Berlin after Stalin set up a blockade.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This was Deng Xiaoping’s reforms to the Chinese Communist system. He planned to modernize China’s agriculture, industry, science and technology, and the military.
What is the "Four Modernizations"?
This nordic country shared a boarder with the Soviet Union during the Cold War
What is Finland?
This competition between the United States and the Soviet Union led to significant tension around the globe
What was the Arms Race?
The US failed to contain communism in this proxy war.
What is the Vietnam War?
The event signified the end of the Cold War in 1991
What is the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
This event was pro-democracy students and other protesters who wanted more political freedom, but were met with the use of force and violence to control public protest
What was Tiananmen Square?
These countries were members of the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, but are now apart of NATO.
(name at least one)
What is Poland and Hungary?
The name for the period of time when tensions between the US and Soviets decreased. It is a French word for "relaxation"
What is détente?
In this war the United States supported rebels in order to try and overthrow the communist government and to prevent the spread of communism
What is the Soviet- Afghan war?
The nations of this alliance agreed that an attack on one nation in the alliance was considered to be an attack on all of the nations of the alliance.
What is NATO?
The Great Leap Forward was similar to the Five Year Plan by this communist dictator.
Who is Joseph Stalin?