Aliiances
Name the alliance that won WWII
The Allies
This leader was famous for sending dissidents to gulags in Siberia
Joseph Stalin
This economic system is often called a "planned economy"
Communism
Which event predated the Berlin Airlift?
The Division of Berlin
A "war" where countries do not fight each other directly but support opposing sides
Cold War
This defensive alliance between Europe, the US, and Canada ensured peace and security through mutual defense.
NATO
This leader led China's Communist Revolution
Chairman Mao Zedong
The theory that if one country fell to communism, the surrounding countries would become communist as well.
The Domino Effect (or Domino Theory)
This doctrine established that the U.S. would provide military AND economic assistance to any democratic nation threatened by communist expansion
What was the Truman Doctrine
When two powers in conflict use substitutes instead of fighting each other directly
A proxy war
Name the alliance of which Hitler's Germany was a member
The Axis Powers
This leader created the doctrine that would provide money for countries threatened by communist expansion
Truman
What was the plan to keep communism within existing geographical boundaries?
policy of containment?
This was written to provide close to 13 billion to rebuild war-torn Europe
What was the Marshall Plan
Though an armistice was signed, this proxy war never declared a winner, after 3 million died
What was the Korean War
This collective defense treaty was established by the Soviet Union and 7 other satellite states
The Warsaw Pact
With the Iron Curtain speech, this leader warned the West about communist expansion.
Churchill
These countries bordered the Soviet Union and were sympathetic to communism
What are satellite states?
Led by Mao Zedong, this conflict brought communism to China
What was the Chinese Revolution
This was a proxy war in Southeast Asia that lasted almost 20 years after the Korean War
What was the Vietnam War
In response to the Marshall Plan, the Soviet Union created this alliance
COMECON (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance)
This leader built the Berlin Wall in 1961
Khrushchev
A geographically neutral area serving to separate hostile forces or nations.
buffer zone
This event in 1989 marked the end of communism in the Soviet Union
What was the fall of the Berlin Wall
Name of the operation that dropped food by planes into West Berlin during the Soviet blockade
What was "Operation Vittles"