Cold War Terms
Cold War People
Cold War USSR/US
Cold War Asia
100
This Russian term is the policy of openness to the free flow of ideas and information in the Soviet Union.
What is glasnost?
100
What was the name of the Communist dictator of Cuba?
Who is Fidel Castro?
100
Name of the alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern Europe communist nations.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
100
Where North and South Korea agreed to split.
What is the 38th parallel?
200
Economic system grants all ownership & control of private businesses to the central government.
What is Communism?
200
This US President has STRONG Anti-Communist feelings.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
200
Organization of allied nations who joined forces in the West to support any threats of Communism.
What is NATO?
200
Communist guerrillas (local North Vietnamese civilians turned soldiers) constantly attacking South Vietnam.
Who were the Viet-Cong?
300
This 1948-1949 event saw the Soviet Union blockading West Berlin, leading to a massive airlift by the Western Allies.
What is the Berlin Blockade?
300
This person represented the USSR in both the Potsdam and Yalta Conferences
Who is Josef Stalin?
300
The constant need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war.
What is the Arms Race?
300
This invasion of Afghanistan is an example of Detente failing.
What is Soviet-Afghan War?
400
This term, coined by Winston Churchill, described the ideological and physical barrier dividing Europe between East and West.
Who is Iron Curtain?
400
This nationalist AND communist leader of Northern Vietnam
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
400
Physical barrier that was made between two parts of a particular city that was seen as a symbol of the cold war.
What is the Berlin Wall?
400
This proxy war resulted in in a complete communist takeover by the north after almost 20 years of brutal fighting.
What is the Vietnam War?
500
Theory where it was seen that if one nation were to fall to communism, other neighboring nations would fall as well.
What is the Domino Theory?
500
This person was the last known leader of the USSR until its collapse in 1991.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
500
This US foreign policy doctrine, announced in 1947, pledged to support countries resisting communist pressure.
What is the Truman Doctrine
500
Two stark similar conflicts saw the U.S. and its allies supporting South against communist North and its Communist allies
What is Vietnam and Korea