U.S.S.R.
Wars
Vocabulary
U.S. Plans
Geography
100
The USSR and the United States were known as this during the Cold War era
superpowers
100
U.S. failed invasion into Cuba was known as
Bay of Pigs
100
border nations between USSR and the West that served as a buffer zone
satellite nations
100
Plan that focused on aid and support of democratic nations to resist Soviet influence
Marshall Plan
100
90 miles off the coast of Florida is this country
Cuba
200
Cold War
200
Ended with a ceasefire after 3 years and instituted a demilitarized zone between the countries
Korean War
200
boundary that divided communist states from democratic states in Europe
Iron Curtain
200
Plan to contain the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine
200
Latitude line that divides North and South Korea
38th Parallel
300
Area most influenced by Soviet Union
Eastern Europe
300
U.S. soldiers did not know what they were fighting for and lasted nearly 20 years
Vietnam War
300
President who was assassinated in 1963
John F. Kennedy
300
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do other things, ot because they are easy, but because they are hard" JFK is referring to what
Space Race
300
Country turned communist in 1975 after U.S. withdrew
Vietnam
400
Treaty between USSR and Eastern European countries to establish satellite nations as a defensive strategy
Warsaw Pact (1955)
400
the significance of the fall of the Berlin Wall
Germany was reunified and there was no more divided countries in Europe
400
when the politics of one major country start to influence other countries around it
Domino Theory
400
Relaxation of tensions between United States and Soveits was known as
detente
400
2 most prominent communist countries influencing the Cold War
USSR (Russia) & China
500
Name of the space craft U.S.S.R. sent into space first
Sputnik 1
500
Period from 1950s - 1980s marked by tensions but no real direct involvement between superpowers
Cold War
500
The navel blockade of Cuba was an example of
Containment
500
Where the U.S. sent nuclear missiles during the Cold War Era tpo Italy and Turkey which led to
Cuban Missile Crisis
500
"That was one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" was the quote from Neil Armstrong when he landed where
The Moon