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He is the father of communist China
Who is Mao Zedong
This is the name of the first artificial satellite in space
What is Sputnik
Explain detente
a French word that means "relaxation," and in diplomacy, it refers to the easing of strained relations, especially between countries. It was a significant period during the Cold War, particularly in the 1970s, when the US and the Soviet Union began to improve their relationship and reduce tensions
13-day standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962, when the Soviets secretly deployed nuclear missiles in a country near America, just 90 miles off the coast of Florida. This deployment threatened a nuclear exchange and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
he was the Soviet Premier after Stalin
Who is Krushchev?
He was the US President during the earliest days of the Cold War
Who is Truman
This is a type of war where the two major powers are suppling the opposing sides but not actually engaging in warfare with one another
What is proxy war
Explain communism
is a socioeconomic system and political ideology that envisions a society where the means of production, distribution, and exchange are collectively owned and controlled, aiming for a classless, stateless society with resources distributed based on need.
This is the name of the incident of where the USSR shot down a US spy plane
What is the U2 incident?
This line is considered the border for the buffer between democratic Europe and Soviet Europe
He came up with a plan to fund countries that wanted democracy...
Who is George Marshall
The Soviet version of NATO
What is the Warsaw Pact?
Explain the key differences between the League of and United Nations
The League of Nations, established after World War I, was primarily a forum for international cooperation and peace, but it lacked the authority and enforcement mechanisms of the United Nations. The UN, founded after World War II, is a more comprehensive organization with a broader mandate, a stronger Security Council, and a more active role in addressing global issues, including economic, social, and humanitarian concerns
This event happened on 8/9/1989
The date the Berlin Wall fell
He was the unpopular, communist dictator of Cuba
Who is Fidel Castro?
The founder of North Korea
Who is Kim Il Sung
a U.S. foreign policy strategy adopted during the Cold War, aimed at preventing the spread of communism and Soviet influence beyond their existing borders
What is containment?
This is the idea that if a nation falls under Communist control, nearby nations will also fall under Communist control.
What is Domino Theory?
This country invaded "another" in an attempt to unite the two under one communist state. Happened in June 1950.
What is North Korea?
This president's campaign promise was to bring the US to the moon
Who is JFK?
This is the name of the pilot shot down over the Soviet Union from his U2 plane
Who is Francis Gary Powers
countries in Eastern Europe that were aligned with and under the influence of the Soviet Union during the Cold War are known as this. You must name two as well...
What are Soviet Satellite States
This plan called for still larger collective farms, or communes. By the end of 1958, about 26,000 communes had been created. The average commune sprawled over 15,000 acres and supported more than 25,000 people. In the strictly controlled life of the communes, peasants worked the land together. They ate in communal dining rooms, slept in communal dormitories, and raised children in communal nurseries. And they owned nothing. The peasants had no incentive to work hard when only the state profited from their labor. It was seen as a massive failure
This war happened in the Middle East in 1973. Earn double with naming both nations involved
What is the Yom Kippur War of 1973? Fought between Israel and Egypt.
She was the first woman in space.
Valentina Tereshkova?