The Soviet Union
Who is considered to be "the father of Communism"?
Karl Marx
Which was the first country to have nuclear weapons?
The United States
Describe the Iron Curtain.
The separation between Communist East Europe and democratic Western Europe
What is the basis of NATO?
Western nations would help each other if any of them was attacked by the Communists.
Name one modern-day country that was part of the Soviet Union.
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Which was the second country to have nuclear weapons?
The Soviet Union
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
To separate Communist East Berlin from democratic West Berlin.
What was the Soviets' answer to NATO?
The Warsaw Pact.
Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union?
Nikolai Lenin
Define an arms race.
Countries working to develop more weapons and military technology, trying to out-arm each other.
Name one modern-day country that was part of Yugoslavia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia
Who did the United States support in the Korean War? What was the outcome of the war?
South Korea, the war ended in a stalemate
Which European countries were fascist during World War II?
Spain, Italy, and Germany
Which four countries controlled Germany after WWII?
France, England, the United States, and the Soviet Union
Why did Stalin want Eastern Europe to remain Communist?
It would be a threat to Soviet Communism if democracy spread in Eastern Europe
Give a description of McCarthyism.
What was the name of the Russian revolutionary group who overthrew the government in 1917?
The Bolsheviks
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
Who was the president of the United States in the early days of the Cold War?
Harry Truman
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviet Missiles pointed at United States in Cuba.