Cold War 1
Who were the world leaders at the Yalta Conference in Feb 1945?
Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt
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?
Proxy War
What was the phrase that Churchill used to refer to Eastern Europe being under the control of the Soviet Union?
The Iron Curtain
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
38th Parallel
What was the policy of sending economic aid to assist Europe after WWII?
Marshall Plan
What was the event that saw the United States and other European nations bring food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets blocked ground transportation to that city?
The Berlin Airlift
Name the generally accepted years for the start and end of the Cold War?
(Range: ± 3 years)
What is 1945 - 1991?
Truman to form a ________ _________ to safeguard against communist infiltration in the government.
Loyalty Program
Who was the President when the United States was closest to Nuclear War?
John F. Kennedy
It is the name of the growing concern Pres. Eisenhower had when he left office.
The growing influence the Military Industrial Complex.
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
It is the name of the person who is credited for the development of the "Containment Policy"?
George F. Keenan
How many zones was Germany divided after World War 2? (Not including Berlin)
4
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
What were the names of all three wartime conferences held?
(Double points: Can you name the location of where the conferences were held?)
Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam.
Double points: Iran, the Soviet Union (Crimea, Ukraine), Germany.
Name of the WWII General who was willing to use Nuclear weapons to defeat North Korea and to defeat Communist China.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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)
How did the Soviet Union obtain plans for nuclear weapons?
By using spies within the Manhattan Program
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
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
Who was the leader of the USSR (Russia) during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Krushchev
What was the meeting that included Pres. Harry S. Truman, out going British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, incoming British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, and Soviet Premiere Josef Stalin?
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
Name 2 countries that are still communist (to some degree) today.
China, North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam