Capitalism Vs. Communism
Space Race/Arms Race
Divisions/Iron Curtain
70s/80s
Hotspots of the Cold War
100
System where people can run their own business, own their own land, make their own money and choose their own job.
What is Capitalism
100
This country was the first to land on the moon
US
100
This city was divided after WWII in Germany.
What is Berlin
100
This means "an easing of tensions between the US and USSR"
What is Detente
100
This was the location of the "Missile Crisis"... the closest the world ever came to open nuclear war.
Where is Cuba
200
North Korea fell under this kind of economic system and governmental style.
What is Communism
200
This satellite was the first object put into orbit by the USSR
What is Sputnik
200
This was the treaty signed by Eastern European Communist countries to form an alliance, lead by the USSR
What is the Warsaw Pact
200
This US President is often credited with winning the Cold War for his strategy of making USSR pay lots of money in building nuclear weapons and a large army
Who is Reagan
200
This man was arrested for killing JFK; he was pro-communist, lived in Russia for a few years and married a Russian woman
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald
300
These kinds of people favor communism
What are poor people or countries that need/want strong government control
300
The location of this country allowed USSR to hit the United States in the 50s/60s with nuclear weapons.
What is Cuba
300
This large, powerful country is the only major country of the Eastern Bloc that did not eventually join NATO
What is Russia
300
This is the official term for "Star Wars" - the plans to shift defense spending from making more nuclear weapons, and instead build up ways to defend ourselves from nuclear weapons.
What is SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative
300
The United States helped this country stay capitalist when their northern communist enemies invaded them
What is South Korea
400
Name 3 disadvantages of capitalism
What are: inequality of the poor and the rich, unemployment, debt, crime, monopolies
400
What was the name of the first dog in space?
Who is Laika
400
These two conferences lead to the beginning of the Cold War
What are the Potsdam and Yalta Conferences
400
This was a major reason for Russia experiencing a worse Depression that we did in the Great Depression from 1991-1999... had to do with the abrupt end of the USSR
What is 20-25% unemployment of Russians because they were employed by the military-industrial complex
400
At the Bay of Pigs invasion, the ________ (agency) trained __________ _____________ to try to take over Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro.
What is the CIA and Cuban Exiles.
500
Name 3 advantages of communism
What are equality of wealth, needs taken care of, universal healthcare, universal education, strong government control (can be a good thing), no unemployment or homelessness
500
The United States had the most ICBMs that they ever had in this year... a. 1950, b. 1965, c. 1973, d. 1991
What is b, 1965
500
This is what the USSR did to anger Great Britain and France after WWII that really allowed the world to see how "evil" the USSR was
What is arresting Polish non-communist Presidential candidates
500
Name a major problem that resulted from the abrupt end of the USSR at the end of the Cold War
What is 1. facilities holding nuclear weapons or factories to make them became unguarded or unprotected or unmanaged so that terrorist organizations could steal weapons, 2. countries that were under USSR rule had major power vaccuums which sometimes lead to corrupt leaders taking over, 3. countries governments failing over the next 10-20 years because they don't know how to run themselves
500
The Suez Crisis was a conflict over the Suez Canal between these two European and this one Middle-Eastern country on one side, and this African country on the other side. (In other words, the Suez Crisis was between which four countries, mainly?)
Who were France, Britain, and Israel on one side... Egypt on the other
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