Major Crises
What is the Berlin wall?
A wall built in 1961 to divide Germany's capital city
What is KGB?
It was a soviet intelligence agency that handled internal security and censorship.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
The U.S president during the cold war.
What effect did the cold war's nuclear arms race have on people around the world?
People started getting scared of a nuclear warn
What was the main reason the United States and the Soviet Union got involved in conflicts around the world during the Cold War?
They wanted to spread their ideas and stop the other side from gaining more power.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
An event that brought the US and USSR closest to nuclear war.
What is the CIA?
America's real life Spies.
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
The leader who succeeded Joseph Stalin
What military alliance did the United States and its allies create during the Cold War?
Answer - NATO (North Atlantic Treaty organization)
How did the Cold War affect people living in different parts of the world?
It caused wars, violence, people losing their homes, and many deaths in different countries.
What was the Korean war?
A conflict between north and South korea that was supported By the U.S and UN, and ended in a stalemate in 1953
What is McCarthyism?
It was a hunt for people who were considered traitors.
Who was Winston Churchill?
The British Prime Minister
How did the Cold War affect countries in Europe after World War II?
Europe became divided between Western countries aligned with the U.S. and Eastern countries under Soviet influence.
What happened to Korea after the Korean War ended in 1953?
Korea remained divided into North Korea and South Korea.
What 1956 crisis occurred when the Soviet Union used military force to crush an uprising against communist rule in this country?
The Hungarian Revolution
What was the U-2 incident?
It was when the soviet union shot down an American spy plane, which sparked a diplomatic incident.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
The final leader of the Soviet Union
Why was the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 considered a major outcome of the Cold War?
Answer - Reduced the rivalry between the two sides drastically.
What was the Cambodian genocide, and who was responsible for it?
It was a time when about 1.5 to 2 million people died in Cambodia under the rule of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.