Cold War Orgins
This term refers to the political and military barrier that separated the Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe from the West after WWII.
What is the Iron Curtain
These four countries controlled the occupation zones of Germany after World War II, setting the stage for Cold War tensions.
Who are the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union?
This Soviet satellite launched in 1957, marking the start of the space race.
What is Sputnik?
This failed 1961 U.S.-backed invasion aimed to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
This country had the most civilian and military casualities in WWI.
What is the Soviet Union?
This term refers to spying to gather secret information.
What is espionage?
Officially, East German leaders claimed the wall was built to stop this.
What is fascism?
This American astronaut was the first person to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
In response to the missile discovery, President Kennedy ordered this naval action to stop Soviet ships from reaching Cuba.
What is a blockade?
This was the name of the German air force during WWII.
What is the Luftwaffe?
This U.S. foreign policy aimed to stop the spread of communism by providing political, military, and economic assistance to threatened nations.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
East Germany had a command economy, while West Germany had this type of economic system.
What is a free-market economy?
This astronaut became the first American to orbit Earth, nearly a year after Yuri Gagarin’s flight.
Who is John Glenn?
This secret deal included the U.S. removing missiles from this NATO country in exchange for Soviet withdrawal from Cuba.
What is Turkey?
To protect civilians during the Blitz, Londoners used these underground structures as shelters.
What were London Underground (subway) stations?
This 1948 U.S. program gave billions of dollars in aid to help rebuild Western European economies after WWII and to prevent the spread of communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This early Cold War event in 1948–49 saw the Soviet Union attempt to force the Western Allies out of a divided city.
What is the Berlin Blockade?
After Sputnik’s launch, the U.S. increased focus on these two school subjects to catch up in technology.
What is science and math?
On October 27th, this event led to tensions rising dramtically.
What is the shooting down of a U-2 spy plane over Cuba?
This 1942 battle stopped Japanese expansion in the Pacific.
What is the battle of Midway?
After WWII, Eastern European countries like Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia became politically aligned with the Soviet Union. What term describes these nations?
What are satelliete states?
August 13, 1961.
What is the exact date the Berlin Wall went up? (mostly barbed wire)
This tragic 1967 accident killed three American astronauts during a pre-launch test for a lunar mission.
What is Apollo 1?
Cuba is this many miles (or km) away from the coast of Florida, making it a close Cold War flashpoint.
What is 90 miles? or 150km?
This man was the Commander of the British Eighth Army in the Second Battle of El Alamein.