The Cold War in Europe
Name the wall that divided East and West Berlin
The Berlin Wall
What were the two major superpowers that emerged at the end of WWII?
The United States and the Soviet Union
Who was the revolutionary communist leader who took over Cuba during the Cold War?
Fidel Castro
Mao Ze-dong
Which country ruled Vietnam as a part of Indochina up until the 1960s?
France
Name the rescue mission in which the US delivered food and supplies to West Berlin when it was blockaded by the Soviets.
The Berlin Airlift
What is the name of the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
The crisis when the US and Russia (based in Cuban missile sites) faced nuclear weapons at each other was called the...
What was China's cultural revolution?
To remove “bourgeois” tendencies from China. Skilled workers and managers were removed from factories and forced to work on farms or in labor camps.
What is the name of the Vietnamese revolutionary leader who led the North Vietnam to revolt against the French and try to unite Vietnam under communism?
Ho Chi Minh
What was the name of the line that divided of Europe into an “eastern” and a “western” bloc. Hint: It was named by Churchill.
The Iron Curtain
The Soviet Union and other communist governments had what type of economy?
Command economy
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Why was the 38th parallel significant to the Korean War?
The divide between North and South Korea and the main arena of fighting during the Korean War.
Which country supported Southern Vietnam in the Vietnam War?
After WWII, the United States provided food and economic assistance to Europe to help countries rebuild. This plan was called the...
Marshall Plan
What is the name of the prisons in the Soviet Union where political dissidents and people who opposed the Soviet regime were sent?
Gulags
What is the domino theory?
The theory that if one country fell to communism, other countries and their neighbors would also become communist.
Which country supported North Korea to spread communism in the Korean War?
China
Which country supported Northern Vietnam in the Vietnam War?
The Soviet Union
The group of European nations and the United States that joined forces to fight communism was called...
NATO
This is the idea that if one side launched a nuclear attack, the other side would retaliate in kind, and both sides would be destroyed.
Mutually Assured Destruction
What was the "red scare"?
The United States, Britain, France, Australia, Pakistan, Thailand, New Zealand, and the Philippines formed an alliance to fight communism in Asia. The alliance was called...
SEATO
What was the Khmer Rouge?
The revolutionary communist government in Cambodia that took over the country and killed about a third of the country's population.