Vocabulary
that state of being the best or most powerful
What is supremacy?
This person is the leader of the United Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR or Soviet Union) at the start of the Cold War
Who is Josef Stalin?
In 1989, the fall of this structure is symbolic for the end of the Cold War
What is the Berlin Wall?
a country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy influence or control from another country
What is a satellite state?
the alliance formed by the United States and its allies during the Cold War
What is NATO?
a strategy of keeping communism within its existing boundaries and preventing its further expansion
What is containment?
This person coined the phrase "iron curtain" and was a previous Prime Minister of Great Britain
Who is Winston Churchill?
This period of the Cold War literally translates to "relaxation," in which tensions eased between the West and East
What is detente?
a system of government where all decisions are made by the government
What is communism?
the alliance formed by the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War
What is the Warsaw Pact?
an economic system where decisions are made by individuals instead of the government
What is capitalism?
This person was a Soviet leader who is famous for his introduction of "glasnost" and "perestroika" leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This event from 1950 to 1953 is considered one of the first major events and proxy wars of the Cold War and ended with the area split by the 38th Parallel
What is the Korean War?
a metaphor or symbol used throughout the Cold War of the divide in Europe, given by Churchill
What is iron curtain?
Great Britain belonged to this Cold War alliance
What is NATO?
the policy or practice of more open government and wider dissemination (spread) of information through free speech and freedom of the press
What is glasnost?
This US President's goal during the Cold War was the containment of communism, which he had a "Doctrine" named after him for as policy
Who is President Truman?
Often considered the closest the world came to nuclear war, this conflict occurred in 1962 with the discovery of missile silos on an island nation just off the coast of Florida
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a competition between two powers for supremacy in weapons and technology
What is an arms race?
Ukraine belonged to this Cold War alliance
What is the Warsaw Pact?
a government's strategy for dealing with other nations
What is foreign policy?
This was the name of the communist-led guerillas in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War
Who are the Viet Cong?
What is the Soviet-Afghan War?
independent countries who did not want to get caught up in the affairs of others and stayed out of major conflicts
What is non-alignment?
Egypt belonged to this movement during the Cold War
What is non-alignment?