Cold War Beginnings
Policies, Pacts and Plans
Borders and Boundaries
Countries and Crises
The Fall
100
The Cold War began in this year.
What is 1945
100
The Marshall Plan which offered financial aid to countries threatened by communism was also commonly referred to as this.
What is the ERP (Economic Recovery Plan).
100
The 38th parallel refers to the divide between these two countries
What is North and South Korea
100
After WWII, this was the first war around the world to ensue over the spread of communism
What is the Chinese Civil War
100
This early "rip in the curtain" started with a nine month "liberalization" that ended with "normalization"
What is the Prague Spring
200
The original "Big Three" refer to these leaders.
Who are Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin.
200
After Stalin's death, his successor Krushchev instituted this policy in attempts to "modernize Russia"
What is De-Stalinization
200
This boundary was built in 1961 to stop communists from going to the West.
What is the Berlin Wall
200
"It is better to sacrifice everything than to live in slavery" is a quote said by this leader.
Who is Ho Chi Minh.
200
This one of Gorbachev's policy refers to his "open" or "transparent" leadership style
What is Glasnost
300
These four countries occupied Germany during the Yalta conference.
What is France, England, US, USSR.
300
This agreement was signed for the purposes of mutual defense and put the Soviets in charge of it's members' militaries.
What is the Warsaw Pact
300
After crossing into "international waters" an "unprovoked attack" occurred that caused this event.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin.
300
Spy planes are the cause and a naval blockade is the result of this event.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis.
300
This event symbolically signifies the very end of the cold war
What is the lowering of the communist flag
400

Following World War II, the Big Three met in this place for their final conference.

What is Yalta.

400
The Truman Doctrine, issued in 1947, signaled the end of this kind of American foreign policy.
What is isolationist.
400
The nonviolent "Velvet Revolution" split one country into these two.
What are the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
400
This is the primary reason historians cite for the Vietnamese victory in the war in Vietnam.
What is the terrain
400
Perestroika refers to this policy of Gorbachev.
What is the integration of capitalism
500
At this conference, "tough Truman" became a key player and Stalin reinforced his desire for satellite states.
What is the Potsdam Conference
500
The foreign policy of the US to stop the spread of communism can be summed up in this one word.
What is Containment.
500
This man is singlehandedly responsible for the sudden fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Who is Gunter Schabowski.
500
Through their involvement in these two countries, the US demonstrated that they would do whatever it takes to suppress communism
What is Vietnam and Korea
500
These five countries are the only remaining that proclaim to practice communism
What is N. Korea, Laos, Vietnam, China, Cuba
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