The Arms Race
The Cold War arms race centered mainly on building these powerful weapons
What are nuclear weapons?
This country launched the first artificial satellite into space in 1957.
What is the Soviet Union?
The United States fought mainly to prevent this ideology from spreading in Vietnam
What is communism?
Korea was divided near this line after World War II.
What is the 38th parallel?
This U.S. president challenged Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.”
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This policy meant both sides avoided nuclear war because each could destroy the other
What is mutually assured destruction / MAD?
This was the first artificial satellite sent into orbit.
What is Sputnik?
This communist leader led North Vietnam.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
North Korea was supported mainly by China and this country.
What is the Soviet Union?
This Soviet leader introduced glasnost and perestroika.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This 1962 crisis brought the U.S. and USSR close to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This American program successfully landed astronauts on the Moon.
What is Apollo?
This surprise attack by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong shocked Americans in 1968.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This U.S.-led organization fought for South Korea
What is the United Nations?
This U.S. president faced the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This treaty limited anti-ballistic missile systems during the Cold War
What is the ABM Treaty?
This Soviet cosmonaut became the first human in space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
This agreement ended direct U.S. military involvement in Vietnam.
What are the Paris Peace Accords?
This general led U.N. forces early in the Korean War.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
This Soviet leader placed missiles in Cuba during the Cold War.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
This phrase described the tense strategy of threatening nuclear war without actually fighting one.
What is brinkmanship?
This American astronaut became the first person to walk on the Moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This theory argued that if one country became communist, nearby countries might follow.
What is the domino theory?
This 1953 agreement stopped the fighting but did not officially end the Korean War.
What is the Korean Armistice?
Through frequent visits to his home country of Poland, this religious leader influenced the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe.
Who is Pope John Paul II?