Superpowers
the Cold war was between what 2 superpowers
USA and Soviet Union
After WW2 Germany was initially divided into how many territories
4
He became the leader of Communist government in Cuba in 1949
Fidel Castro
Korea is divided at the 38th parallel by an area of land known by these 3 Letters
DMZ
A major conflict in the region is between Palestine and what country
Israel
Harry Truman's Policy to stop the spread of Communism
Containment
The Capital City of Germany Was entirely within what Countries territory
Soviet Union
During this invasion the USA tried to overthrow Cuba's Communist Government
Bay of Pigs
North Korea was supported by these two Countries after the divide
Soviet Union and China
A crisis over this strategic waterway in the middle east nearly led to nuclear war
Suez Canal
Theory that if one nation fell to communism the rest in the area would fall as well
Domino theory
This City was blockaded in the 40's and eventually surrounded by a wall in the 60's.
Berlin
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, this country was sending Nuclear Weapons to Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
He was the Communist Leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
This Person started the PLO or Palestinian Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
This Country was the first to launch a satellite into orbit which started the Space Race
Soviet Union
during the height of its operation, 1300 planes landed in Germany every day with supplies
Berlin Airlift/Blockade
President of the USA during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F Kennedy
These were Vietminh Guerillas fighting the American forces in South Vietnam
Vietcong
The PLO was responsible for a terror attack at the 1972 Olympics in this German City
Munich
The Alliance of the Soviet Union and its Allies after WW2
Warsaw Pact
This person wanted to keep Control of Germany's Capital City as a Prize for WW2
Josef Stalin
Who was sending the weapons and who was their leader
Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev
An incident in this body of water is what led the USA into fighting the Vietnam War
Gulf of Tonkin
This nation was created in 1948 by the United Nations for the Jews displaced by WW1 and WW2
Israel