Roots of the Cold War
The two superpowers to come out of WWII.
The Soviet Union and the United States.
The main battleground of the Cold War (Where the first shots would have been fired), would have been.....
Germany or Berlin.
The main reason for the Korean War.
To stop the spread of Communism.
The race between the US and the Soviet Union to build powerful nuclear weapons.
The Arms Race.
The real reason for the Space Race was.....
To research ICBM weapons.
The European country that was divided into two during the Cold War. What were the two states called?
Germany.
1. West Germany
2. DDR
The United States Ally during the Korean War.
South Korea.
What is MAD
Mutually Assured Distruction
Who started Communism in Russia in 1917?
Vladimir Lenin
The acronym USSR stands for
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
The division between Eastern and Western Europe was often called...
The Iron Curtain.
The place at which the DMZ was installed in Korea, to separate North and South Korea.
The 38th Parallel.
What does START stand for?
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
One of our rights as Americans that took a hit during the Cold War.
Freedom of Speech
A doctrine that opposed the spread of Communism in European countries.
The Truman Doctrine.
The military organization formed by Western European countries to try to defeat the Soviet Union and the retaliation organization by the USSR.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Warsaw Pact.
The communist country in Asia that aligned itself with North Korea during the Korean War.
China.
The two Eastern European Nations that revolted against the Soviet Union.
Poland and Hungary.
What does ICBM stand for?
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
The Eastern European countries under Soviet control were called...
Satellite States.
When the US dropped food and supplies to this struggling community during the Cold War...
The Berlin Airlift.
Two long term result of the Korean War.
1. Korea was divided into two countries (North vs. South). 2. The longest Ceasefire in history.
The Doctrine that aimed to support countries financially:
Marshall Plan
Where do most Historians believe the cold war started?
At the Potsdam Conference.