The Cold War Basics
The Cold War was a conflict between the United States and _______________.
The Soviet Union, USSR
The Soviet Union wanted _______________ nations to keep space between them and Democratic countries.
satellite
In __________________ the Soviet Union attempted to install missiles which would have been to hit the US.
Cuba
_________________ was the communist leader of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Fidel Castro
Which theory stated that if Vietnam fell to communism, other Asian countries would fall as well?
Domino Theory
During the Cold War, the US believed in democracy and capitalism while the Soviet Union believed in ______________________.
Communism
The country of _______________ was split in to east and west (communist and democratic).
Germany
____________________ went through a Civil War after WWII and became a communist country.
China
___________________ was the leader of Vietnam that united the country under communism. (Give your best spelling)
Ho Chi Minh
Which alliance of the Cold War was formed by the Soviet Union and the countries it contolled?
The Warsaw Pact
The Cold War stayed cold because each side had extremely powerful _____________________.
Atomic weapons
The city of ____________________ was also split into east and west halves.
Berlin
____________________ was split into two halves, the Communist north invaded the democratic south, but eventually the two sided stalemated at the 38th parallel.
Korea
Name as many US presidents as you can that were in office during the Cold War. (Points for each answer)
Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, Johnson, Nixon, Reagan
BONUS: Ford, Carter, Bush
What was the protective alliance between the US and western Europe?
NATO
America couldn't stop Communism in the Soviet Union so it resorted to a policy of _________________ aka the Truman Doctrine.
Containment
Winston Churchill said the Iron __________________ had fallen, dividing the communist and non-communist countries of Europe.
Curtain
___________________ had been occupied by the French, gained independence under Communist leader, and turned into a communist country despite America's best efforts.
Vietnam
_________________ won the Chinese civil war and made China a communist country.
Mao Zedong
Which two concepts (these are Russian Words) gave Russian citizens greater freedom and a better economy? (Points for each)
Glasnost and Perestroika
The United States and Soviet Union were world ____________________ during the Cold War.
Superpowers
The city of Berlin was divided by the __________________ as a result of the Berlin airlift.
Berlin Wall
Under the Marshall Plan __________________ received large amounts of money from the US in the hopes that they would not become communist.
Europe, Western Europe, countries in Europe
_________________ was the last leader of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev
What is a reason the Soviet Union and communism collapsed by the 1990s? (NOT MCDONALDS)
Economic restructuring, new freedoms, American spending (NOT MCDONALDS)