Iron Curtain
Communism vs. Capitalism
Space Race
Nuclear Weapons
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What was the Iron Curtain?
An ideological and physical divide between Eastern and Western countries
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Which country was capitalist and which country was communist?
Capitalist- United States Communist- The Soviet Union
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Which country launched Sputnik into space in 1957?
The Soviet Union
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The name of the system that the U.S. built around the Arctic Circle.
What is the DEW Line
200
What continent did the Iron Curtain divide?
Europe
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What is Communism? What is Capitalism?
communism- ruled by dictator, controlled by government capitalism- private ownership, private profit
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What year did the U.S. land on the moon?
1969
200
the name of the famous American bomber plane
What is the B-52
300
Who created the Iron Curtain?
The Soviet Union
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Why did the U.S. and the Soviet Union distrust each other?
Fear of ideologies, fear of atomic bomb
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What did President Kennedy's famous speech in 1961 talk about?
The goal of landing a man on the moon
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Did the Soviets or the Americans invent the Atlas missile?
The Americans
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Who popularized the term "Iron Curtain"?
Winston Churchill
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What did Harry S. Truman introduce during the war?
U.S. "containment" of communism
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What social science perspectives does the Space Race best fit into?
Cultural, Political, Economic, and sociological
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the distance the Atlas missile can travel?
What is 5000 miles
500
What was one significant difference between the East and West side?
communism vs. capitalism
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What two things did Harry S. Truman implement to stop the spread of communism?
The Truman Doctrine and The Marshall Plan
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How did Yuri Gagarin die?
plane crash
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The year the hydrogen bomb was introduced and exploded by Americans.
What is 1952
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