Origins
What conference in 1945 divided Europe into spheres of influence, leading to tensions between the USA and the USSR?
Yalta Conference
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during much of the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
What event marked the beginning of the Cold War and the division of Europe?
End of World War II
What term describes the dividing line between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe?
Iron Curtain
What was the proxy war fought between North and South Korea with backing from the USA and the USSR?
Korean War
What term describes the ideological struggle between communism and capitalism during the Cold War?
Ideological Conflict
Who was the US President who implemented the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine?
Harry S. Truman
What was the name of the plan to provide economic aid to rebuild Europe after World War II?
Marshall Plan
What was the practice of building up military strength to deter the enemy called?
Deterrence
What was the name of the failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles supported by the USA in 1961?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Which two superpowers emerged as dominant after World War II, leading to the Cold War?
USA and USSR
Who was the US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
What was the term used for the competition between the USA and the USSR for global influence?
Arms Race
What was the policy of the Soviet Union to spread communism throughout the world?
Communist Expansionism
What was the term used for the tense standoff between the USA and the USSR over the deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the policy of containment designed to prevent?
Spread of Communism
Who led the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
What was the military alliance formed by Western European countries and the USA during the Cold War?
NATO
What term describes the fear of communist influence in the United States during the Cold War?
Red Scare
What was the name of the Soviet satellite state that was invaded by the USSR in 1968 to suppress political reform?
Czechoslovakia