Cold War 1
Economic system grants all ownership & control of private businesses to the central government.
What is Communism?
During the Cold War what two non-european countries were split between Communism and Non- Communism?
Vietnam and Korea
Split North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
What was the first real test of the U.S. policy of containment?
Korean War
Physical barrier that was made between two parts of a particular city that was seen as a symbol of the cold war.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Foreign Policy which states that the U.S. must prevent communism from spreading.
What is containment?
Three world leaders at the Yalta Conference in Feb 1945.
Who were Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What was the Alliance that supported the United States and Democratic ideas during the Cold War?
NATO
Name of the alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern Europe communist nations.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
JFKs actions to stop missiles getting to Cuba
Naval blockade or quarantine
What was the turning point that sparked the beginning of the Cold War?
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
Who coined the term "Iron Curtain"?
Winston Churchill
What was the term that was used to explain Soviet Occupation of eastern Europe following WW2?
Iron Curtain
Event that saw the US and other European nations bring food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets set a blockade.
Berlin Airlift
US plan that gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII.
What is the Marshall plan?
Theory where it was seen that if one nation were to fall to communism, other neighbouring nations would fall as well.
What is the Domino Theory?
US military operation with the mission to invade Cuba and assassinate Castro to overthrow communism in 1961.
Bay of Pigs
A conflict fought by one or more major powers that do not themselves become directly involved
Proxy War
The USSR and the USA were a part of this when they were attempting to build up their weapons and technology to one up the other?
What is the Arms Race?
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union when the policy of Glasnost was implemented?
Mikhail Gorbachev
U.S. policy of helping any nation to defend itself from the spread of communism (containment of communism
Truman Doctrine
What was one difference between the Vietnam and Korean War?
Vietnam became fully communist while Korea was split.
Containment worked in Korea but did not work in Vietnam.
The USA and the Soviet Union were involved in a conflict where the Soviets established a missile base in Cuba that led to a 13 day confrontation
Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the USA's response to the USSR blockade?
Berlin Airlift