US vs USSR
What type of government did the United States promote during the Cold War?
Capitalism
What does MAD stand for?
Mutually Assured Destruction
Who launched the first satellite into space?
The U.S.S.R.
What Asian country was divided at the 38th parallel and saw U.S. troops fight in the early 1950s?
Korea
Who was the U.S. President during most of World War II and the early stages of the Cold War?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the U.S.S.R.'s economic system called?
Communism
In what year did the U.S. drop atomic bombs on Japan?
1945
What was the name of the first satellite in space?
Sputnik
This Cold War conflict saw the U.S. support South Vietnam against communist North Vietnam
the Vietnam War
Who led China into communism and aligned with the U.S.S.R. during the early Cold War?
Mao Zedong
This term describes the political and military rivalry between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. from 1947 to 1991.
The Cold War
What event in 1962 brought the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to the brink of nuclear war?
the Cuban Missile Crisis
What U.S. agency was created in 1958 in response to the Soviet space program?
NASA
Which city was divided between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.?
Berlin
This U.S. agency was responsible for gathering intelligence during the Cold War
the CIA
This plan provided U.S. aid to rebuild Western European economies after WWII
The Marshall Plan
What was the name of the secret project conducted by the U.S. concerning the building of the first atomic bomb?
What concern surrounded the idea of launching satellites in space (in terms of warfare)?
Attaching missiles onto satellites
What group of nations did the U.S.S.R. support in various Cold War proxy wars?
Communist Nations
This organization, formed in 1949, was a military alliance of Western countries aimed at countering Soviet aggression during the Cold War
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
What effect was the world scared of when it came to the spread of communism?
The Domino Effect
In the 1950s, why did some NATO members advocate for a ban on nuclear weapons?
The fear of nuclear war's catastrophic consequences, such as a nuclear winter and the destruction of the entire planet
How did President Kennedy respond to Soviet advances in space?
He pledged to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s
How did the Korean War (1950-1953) shape the division between North and South Korea?
Permanent division of Korea along the 38th parallel. North Korea became a communist state with support from the Soviet Union and China, while South Korea became a capitalist state backed by the United States
This U.S. president’s policy of "peace through strength" and his famous 1987 speech calling for the tearing down of the Berlin Wall symbolized a shift in Cold War diplomacy
Ronald Reagan