Super Powers
What does the alliance N.A.T.O. stand for?
What is: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What is a war of political ideologies and desires called, as opposed to a violent war of physical combat?
What is: Cold War
Similar to Vietnam, what ideology did the North fight for during the Korean War?
What was the name of the surprise invasion where the U.S. trained Cuban exiles to attack and overthrow the Communist government in power of Cuba?
What is: Bay of Pigs Invasion
At the time of the Cold War, Vietnam was still split into two separate countries, North Vietnam and South Vietnam. At which line of latitude, or parallel, were the Vietnams split?
What is: 17th Parallel
Berlin is known as the first "___ ____" of the Cold War because of all the tension boiling up there.
What is: "Hot Spot"
True or False: The Soviet Union was comprised of multiple countries, along with Russia.
True
What was the Communist alliance of Eastern European nations called that opposed N.A.T.O.?
What is: Warsaw Pact
What was the United States' foreign policy during the Cold War, which was an attempt to stop the spread of communism?
What is: Containment
At the start of the Cold War, Korea was split into North Korea and South Korea. Which line of latitude or parallel divided Korea in half?
What is: 38th Parallel
Which U.S. President placed a blockade or quarantine on Cuba, surrounding the country with naval ships to block imports from the Soviet Union?
Who is: John F. Kennedy
Vietnam split into North Vietnam and South Vietnam following their long war for independence from which European country?
What is: France
True or False: The Berlin Wall was built all the way around West Berlin; it was not just a wall dividing West Berlin from East Berlin.
True
What year did the Soviet Union officially collapse and dissolve into Russia?
What is: 1991
What designated $400 million to maintain democracy in both Greece and Turkey, rather than allowing communists to take root?
What is: Truman Doctrine
What was the name of the first man-made satellite launched into space called? (It belonged to the USSR)
What is: Sputnik I
The Korean War was the first large conflict during the Cold War. Name any of the years the Korean War took place!
What are: 1950 - 1953
Who was the Communist revolutionary who ruled Cuba for the duration of the Cold War, and beyond?
Who is: Fidel Castro
What type of warfare was utilized from 1955 - 1975, during the Vietnam War?
What is: Guerrilla Warfare
What occurred in West Berlin after the Soviets surrounded it and blocked all supplies from entering?
What is: the Berlin Airlift
What are: China, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos
What allowed the United States to send between $12 - $14 billion to preserve democracies throughout Western Europe?
What is: Marshall Plan
What did Winston Churchill claim divided Europe between the Democratic West and Communist East?
What is: Iron Curtain
Who was the Communist dictator of North Korea for the duration of the Cold War? (Ruled from 1948 - 1994)
Who is: Kim Il Sung
The United States felt threatened because of the Soviet nuclear missiles located in Cuba. The Soviet Union felt equally threatened because of the U.S. missiles located in which two European countries?
What are: Turkey and Greece
Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Which leader of the Soviet Union initiated the blockade of Berlin, forcing Allied Forces to drop supplies by airplanes?
Who is: Joseph Stalin
What was the name of Boris Yeltsin's plan to convert Russia's economy from communism to capitalism as quickly as possible?
What is: "Shock Therapy"
At the conclusion of the Cold War, European countries united to rebuild their economies by forming the European Union (EU). What agreement did the United States create with Canada and Mexico?
What is: NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
What is the acronym used to explain how if either alliance of the Cold War would have fired a nuclear weapon at the other, it would have led to complete and utter chaos? (Give both letters and what they stand for!)
What is: M.A.D. = Mutual(ly) Assured Destruction
Which country fought successfully alongside North Korea's Communist forces against the South Korean, U.S. and U.N. forces?
Rudolf Anderson Jr., while flying a reconnaissance spy plane over Cuba to photograph missile sites, was shot down and killed. What type of spy plane was he flying? (Hint: Letter-Number)
What is: U-2 Spy Plane
Viet Cong was the common name given to Vietnamese soldiers who fought in South Vietnam on behalf of the Communists. What was the name for Vietnamese fighting for Communism in North Vietnam?
Who is: Vietminh
Within TWO years, when was the Berlin Wall finally opened so people could freely pass between East and West Berlin?
What is: 1989
What were two key policies of Mikhail Gorbachev, responsible for weakening the totalitarian U.S.S.R.?
What are:
"Glasnost" - citizens were open to express opinions on the government
"Perestroika" - allowed to have private ownership of businesses
"Demokratizatsiya" - welcomed democratic elections and multiple political parties