Leaders
This British Prime Minister coined the term "Iron Curtain."
Who is Winston Churchill?
After this major global event, tensions between the U.S. and USSR intensified, leading to the Cold War.
What is WWII?
This Asian conflict from 1950–1953 ended in a stalemate
What is the Korean War?
Canada joined this military alliance in 1949 alongside the U.S. and Western Europe.
What is NATO?
This structure, a symbol of division, was torn down in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This Cold War theory suggested that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would quickly follow
What is the Domino Theory?
He was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Fidel Castro?
These two nations emerged as superpowers after WWII.
What is the USA and USSR?
This 1962 crisis brought the world closest to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
Canada and the U.S. jointly established this binational air defense system in 1957.
What is NORAD?
This event officially marked the end of the Cold War.
What is the collapse of the USSR?
Canada often acted in this international role, especially in conflicts like the Suez Crisis.
What is Peacekeeping?
Category is Cold War Dates
Name any two U.S. Presidents who served during the Cold War.
Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush
This ideology spread by the USSR was in direct opposition to Western capitalism
What is Communism?
This divided city became a symbol of Cold War tensions.
What is Berlin?
To monitor Soviet bombers over the North Pole, Canada helped build this northern radar system in the 1950s.
What is the DEW line?
This year marks the end of the Cold War.
What is 1991?
This economic program helped rebuild Western Europe to prevent the spread of communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The Berlin Wall was constructed in this year to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West.
What is 1961?
This Canadian Prime Minister was known for Cold War peacekeeping and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Lester B. Pearson?
The division of this country into occupation zones after WWII helped spark Cold War tensions.
What is Germany?
This war-torn Middle Eastern region was the site of Cold War competition and peacekeeping.
What is the Suez Canal in Egypt?
This Cold War jet project was cancelled in 1959, leading to controversy.
What is the Avro Arrow?
These reforms introduced by Gorbachev aimed to modernize and open up the Soviet Union.
What are glasnost and perestroika?
The first artificial satellite in 1957, marking the beginning of the Space Race.
What is Sputnik?
He led the Soviet Union through the 1980s and introduced reforms like glasnost and perestroika.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This 1947 policy aimed to contain the spread of communism by supporting countries resisting it.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This country saw both Soviet invasion and Western-backed resistance in 1979.
What is Afghanistan?
This defector’s revelations in 1945 exposed Soviet spying in Canada and marked the start of the Cold War.
Who is Igor Guzenko?
Name two countries besides Russia that were apart of the USSR?
Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
This doctrine warned that a nuclear attack by the USSR would be met with massive retaliation by the U.S.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?