Date+Events
The year the Berlin Blockade began.
What is 1948?
He was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
East Berlin was located in this country, which was divided by the Berlin Wall.
What is East Germany?
The Berlin Wall stood for this many years before it fell in 1989.
What is 28 years?
He said, “An iron curtain has descended across the continent” in 1946.
Who is Winston Churchill?
The event marking the official end of the Cold War in 1991
What is the collapse of the Soviet Union?
This US president initiated the policy of containment after World War II.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was partly due to the USA placing missiles in these countries.
What is Turkey, Italy and Greece?
At the height of the Cold War, the US and USSR had this many nuclear warheads combined.
What is over 60,000?
He famously said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” in 1987.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This 1962 crisis brought the US and USSR closest to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This Chinese leader was involved in the Sino-Soviet split during the Cold War.
Who is Mao Zedong?
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution took place in this city.
What is Budapest?
The Korean War lasted for this many years.
What is 3 years?
This leader said, "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The USSR invaded in this year to start the Soviet-Afghan War.
What is 1979?
He was the leader of the USSR when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
These 3 places hosted conferences that led to developing tensions at the start of the Cold War.
What is Tehran (1943), Yalta and Potsdam (1945)
The Soviet Union’s military budget was this percentage of its GDP during the Cold War.
What is 15-20%?
This US president called the Soviet Union "the evil empire."
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Protests by resistance movements in 1968 were crushed using violent repression by Soviet forces in central Europe.
What is The Prague Spring of 1968?
He played a key role in the 1956 Suez Crisis.
Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser?
The place of a failed CIA invasion in April 1961.
What is Bay of Pigs, Cuba?
The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for this many days.
What is 13 days?
This leader said, "You Americans are so gullible. We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within."
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?