Arms Race
Cold War Leaders
Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race
"Hot" Proxy Wars
100
The U.S. and the U.S.S.R. built up _____ against each other.
Possible Answers: weapons; bombs; nuclear bombs, etc.
100
Who was the most well known U.S.S.R. leader of the Cold War?
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
100
Who was the president of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Fidel Castro
100
Who was the first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
100
Which war did communist North Korea attack South Korea?
Korean War
200
What is defined by the doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender?
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
200
Which leader took over after JFK was assassinated?
Lyndon Johnson
200
Who defused the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
200
What is the first artificial Earth satellite launched into space?
Sputnik
200
Which war did communist North Vietnam attack South Vietnam?
Vietnam War
300
What is the name of the U.S. spy plane that flew over the U.S.S.R. that got shot down?
U-2
300
What did John F. Kennedy's speech at West Berlin criticize?
Berlin Wall, which showed the failure of communism
300
Which failed operation lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
300
Which space mission landed humans on the moon?
Apollo 11
300
Which countries supported South Korea and which countries supported North Korea?
The U.S. supported the south, while U.S.S.R. and China supported the north.
400
What is the space-based defense system designed to shoot down Russian nuclear missiles?
Strategic Defensive Initiative (SDI)
400
Who was the president of the Soviet Union that ended the Cold War between the United States and the U.S.S.R.?
Mihail Gorbachev
400
What did Kennedy do to further stop the delivery of missiles to Cuba?
Blockade
400
Who was the first animal to be sent to space?
Laika (Soviet space dog)
400
Where is the location in which Korea is split in half?
38th parallel
500
What treaty limited the amount of nuclear weapons U.S. and Russia can have?
SALT I Treaty
500
Who first proposed the Domino Theory?
President Harry S. Truman
500
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
14 days
500
Which piece of the Apollo spacecraft returned to Earth?
Command module
500
Which treaty ended the Vietnam War?
Paris Peace Accords (established peace in Vietnam and ended the war)