Origins
The United States, The Soviet Union, and Great Britain were part of what group in World War 2?
The Allies
What is the term or name given to any war where no direct fighting occurs between the two countries involved?
Cold War
What is the economic system, adopted & spread by the Soviet Union before and during the Cold War, grants all ownership & control of private businesses to the central government?
Communism
What was the foreign Policy which states that the U.S. must prevent communism from spreading?
The U.S. policy of containment
Who was the Supreme commander of Allied Forces in Western Europe and later President of the United States?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was the period of competition over space exploration and technological achievements between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War?
The Space Race
What was the meeting that included Pres. Harry S. Truman, out going British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, incoming British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, and Soviet Premiere Josef Stalin?
What was the event that saw the United States and other European nations bring food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets blocked ground transportation to that city?
The Berlin Airlift
What is the economic system that is based on private ownership of property & competition between businesses is driven by the needs of the market, consumers & producers?
Capitalism
What was the policy of sending Economic aid to Greece and Turkey to ensure they did not fall to Communism
The Truman Doctrine
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union who wanted to expand their nations influence into Eastern Europe and spread Communism abroad?
Joseph Stalin
What was the first successful satellite in space?
Sputnik
What was the US program called that created the first nuclear weapons?
The Manhattan Project
What was the name of the conflict that saw the United States and its Allies intervene to stop the spread of Communism in the Early 1950's?
The Korean War
What was the significant physical barrier that was erected between two parts of a particular city that was seen as a symbol of the cold war?
The Berlin Wall
What was the theory where it was seen that if one nation were to fall to communism, other neighboring nations would fall to communism as well?
The Domino Theory
Who was the President of the United States at the end of WWII?
Harry S. Truman
What is a mineral that is radioactive and used in making nuclear energy and weapons of mass destruction?
Uranium
What country was trying to "contain" communism?
The United States
What was the US military/CIA operation with the mission to assassinate Castro in 1961?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
What was the phrase that Churchill used to refer to Eastern Europe being under the control of the Soviet Union?
The Iron Curtain
What was the United States plan that gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII?
The Marshall plan
What was the name of the Communist dictator of Cuba
Fidel Castro
What is the name of the U.S. Government Agency created to handle Research and Exploration of Outer Space?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
The Soviet Union
What event brought the United States and the Soviet Union the closest they had ever been to using nuclear weapons on each other?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What is the multinational organisation created for the purpose of responding jointly in case of attack in Western Europe?
NATO
What was the competition to build more advanced weapons between the US and USSR?
Arms Race
Nikita Khruschev
What are devices designed to release a large amount energy in an explosive manner using radioactive material?
Nuclear Weapons
What is the word that describes competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field.
Rivalry
What was the name of the US's unsuccessful attempt to keep Communism from spreading South East Asia in the middle of the Cold War?
What was the name of the alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern Europe communist nations?
The Warsaw Pact
What does the acronym M.A.D. stand for in Nuclear Warfare?
Mutually Assured Destruction
Who was the President when the United States was closest to Nuclear War?
John F. Kennedy
What was the name of the 1st successful landing on the Moon?
Apollo 11