Cold War 1
Three world leaders at the Yalta Conference in Feb 1945.
Who were Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt?
During the Cold War these two non-European countries were split between Communism and Non- Communism
What is Vietnam and Korea
The border between North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
Gorbachev's reforms to the Soviet economy to allow some private businesses and property
What is Perestroika?
A 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?
The foreign Policy which states that the U.S. must prevent communism from spreading.
What is containment?
The economic system that grants all ownership & control of private businesses to the central government.
What is Communism?
The Alliance between the United States and Democratic nations during the Cold War
What is NATO?
The 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
What was the naval blockade or quarantine?
The turning point that sparked the beginning of the Cold War and the arms race
What was dropping of the Atomic Bomb?
This was the president of Russia after Michael Gorbachev
Who was Boris Yeltsin?
Winston Churchill used this metaphor to describe the separation of East and West Europe after WWII
What was the Iron Curtain
During this event, the US and other European nations brought food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets set a blockade.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The US plan that gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII.
What is the Marshall plan?
The theory that if one nation were to fall to communism, other neighbouring nations would fall as well.
What is the Domino Theory?
An area with no military forces, such as the 38th parallel dividing North and South Korea
What is the Demilitarized Zone
A conflict fought by one or more major powers that do not themselves become directly involved
What is a Proxy War?
The competition between the USSR and the USA to build up their weapons and technology to one up the other
What is the Arms Race?
The cold war period between 1969-1979 when tensions between the Soviet Union and United States relaxed
What is detente?
The U.S. president who gave the "Tear down this wall" speech
Who was Ronald Reagan?
What was one difference between the Vietnam and Korean War?
Vietnam became fully communist while Korea was split
Name one satellite nation of the Soviet Union?
Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Albania, and Yugoslavia
This proxy war was very expensive for the Soviet Union and helped led to their collapse
What was the Soviet-Afghan War?
The leader of the Soviet Union who implemented the policy of Glasnost
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
Weaker nations that are ruled by another, more powerful nation, specifically in Eastern Europe during the Cold War
What are Satellite Nations?
The 1961 US military operation with the mission to assassinate Castro to overthrow communism in Cuba.
What was Bay of Pigs Invasion?
The first real test of the U.S. policy of containment, and first proxy war
What was the Korean War?
The U.S. policy of helping any nation to defend itself from the spread of communism (containment of communism
What was the Truman Doctrine?
The 13 day confrontation between the USA and the Soviet Union over the establishment of a missile base in Cuba
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?