The type of government employed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
What is Communism (dictatorship)
100
Means of transporting supplies around a Soviet blockade.
What is the Berlin Airlift
100
This Soviet dictatorial leader died on March 5, 1953.
Who is Joseph Stalin
100
What is the main purpose of the UN?
What is to keep worldly peace
100
What years did the Cold War start and end.
What is 1945, 1991
200
Nations that are stronger than other powerful nations
What are Superpowers
200
The amount of money the United States gave to the countries of Western Europe as part of the Marshall Plan
What is $13 billion
200
I led the Cuban Revolution in 1959.. I am a dictator
Who is Fidel Castro
200
Greece and Turkey were being invaded by Communist forces... what did President Truman ask Congress to do?
What is help
200
Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. October 16-28, 1962 were arguably the most dangerous thirteen days of the Cold War. During this period nuclear war seemed not only likely, but probable. This particularly unstable time was due to this dilemma.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
300
What does NATO stand for?
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization
300
At the end of World War II, Korea was divided into a Southern pro-Communist government and a Northern pro-American government.
What is False.. North Korea became communist and South Korea became pro-American government/ democratic
300
Why did the Soviet Union start the Berlin Blockade?
They were afraid that Eastern Germany would ally itself with the West and they would lose that territory.
300
What is a fallout/bomb shelter?
A "home" built underground that was safe from radiation in the case of a nuclear attack.
300
What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
What is Russia
400
During the 1970's, arms control agreements led to ________, or a relaxation of tensions between the superpowers.
What is Detente
400
Why did the Soviet Union start the Berlin Blockade?
They were afraid that Eastern Germany would ally itself with the West and they would lose that territory.
400
The agency under the United States government that was developed in 1958 and is in charge of the nation's public space?
What is NASA?
400
Why were the United States and the Soviet Union afraid to start a war with eachother?
They were afraid of a nuclear war.
400
t is the organization that constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
500
What was the "iron curtain"?
A symbolic division of Europe into East and West? East-Communists West-Allies to the US
500
What is the purpose of either a) The Security Council or b) The General Assembly?
Security Council: investigates situations that threaten peace. General Assembly: Discuss world problems.
500
The 1947 National Security Act set up this agency to collect information on foreign governments, corporations, and individuals for government purposes such as safety.
What is Central Intelligence Agency CIA?
500
List 4/5 of the permanent members (countries) of the UN. Bonus (100 points): Where is the UN headquarters?
US, Great Britain, Soviet Union, France, China Bonus: NYC