Cold War 1
38th Parallel
What is the economic system, adopted & spread by the Soviet Union before and during the Cold War, grants all ownership & control of private businesses to the central government?
Communism
What country was trying to "contain" communism?
The United States
What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
The Soviet Union
What is the term or name given to any war where no direct fighting occurs between the two countries involved?
Cold War
What was the system of government that was adopted by the USSR after 1922 and resulted in complete control over the citizens of the Soviet Union and its satellite states?
A totalitarian dictatorship with a communist economic system. (Communist single-party dictatorship)
What was the name of the Communist dictator of Cuba
Fidel Castro
What were two of the wars fought during the Cold War era?
- The Korean War
- The Vietnam War
Nikita Khruschev
What was the significant physical barrier that was erected between two parts of a particular city that was seen as a symbol of the cold war?
The Berlin Wall
What was the policy of sending economic aid to assist Europe after WWII?
Marshall Plan
What was the phrase that Churchill used to refer to Eastern Europe being under the control of the Soviet Union?
The Iron Curtain
Name the generally accepted years for the start and end of the Cold War?
(Range: ± 3 years)
What is 1945 - 1991?
How many zones was Germany divided after World War 2? (Not including Berlin)
4
Who was the President when the United States was closest to Nuclear War?
John F. Kennedy
What was described as the constant need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war?
The Arms Race
What is the multinational organisation created for the purpose of responding jointly in case of attack in Western Europe?
NATO
What event brought the United States and the Soviet Union the closest they had ever been to using nuclear weapons on each other?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the US program called that created the first nuclear weapons?
The Manhattan Project
Name of the WWII General who was willing to use Nuclear weapons to defeat North Korea and to defeat Communist China.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
What is the economic system that is based on private ownership of property & competition between businesses is driven by the needs of the market, consumers & producers?
Capitalism
Who was the President of the United States at the end of WWII?
Harry S. Truman
What was the name of the alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern Europe communist nations?
The Warsaw Pact
What does the acronym M.A.D. stand for in Nuclear Warfare?
Mutually Assured Destruction
It is when there is a willingness of two nations to go to the edge of war, without actually going to war, hoping to get what each side wants.
Brinksmanship
You don't need to know this for the test but it is fun trivia to have in your brain.
What was the first animal sent into space or the name of the animal?
Laika (Dog)
Name 2 countries that are still communist (to some degree) today.
China, North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam
What was the United States plan that gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII?
The Marshall plan
What are 3 "parts" that contributed to the Second Red Scare?
It is the "type" of spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union. Bonus: Name the Pilot
The U2 Spy Plane
Gary Powers
Who was the leader of the USSR (Russia) during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Krushchev
lists of individuals or groups suspected of having communist sympathies or affiliations
Hollywood 10 or Blacklist
What was the US military/CIA operation with the mission to assassinate Castro in 1961?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
What country was the other major communist nation of the world during the Cold War?
(They became a communist nation after a brutal civil war)
China.
(People's Republic of China)
What was the first successful satellite in space?
Sputnik