The Spread of Communism
Communism is when the government owns ____
everything
These two superpowers competed during the Cold War
USA and USSR
This race was to see who could build up bigger and better military equipment and weapons
The Arms Race
The breakup of the Soviet Union signified the end of the
Cold War
individual
This country supported and wanted to spread communism during the Cold War
The Soviet Union or USSR
This race was to see who could explore space, orbit the moon, and land on the moon first
The Space Race
United States involvement in the Vietnam War and the Soviet Union's involvement in Afghanistan were motivated mainly by a desire to
support governments that would remain strong allies
The Cold War was Communism vs _________
Capitalism
After this war, communist threats began
WWII
The only country to ever use an nuclear bomb to this day is
the United States
The expansion of communism into Eastern Europe was a direct result of what war?
World War II
This ruler wanted to spread commuism
Joseph Stalin
The Cold War was called "Cold" because
there was no actual combat or fighting between the US and USSR
The main reason the United Nations sent troops to Korea in 1950 was to
prevent North Korea from conquering the people of South Korea
The Truman Doctrine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were United States responses to the
communist threat after WWII
After World War II, the United States provided financial aid to West Germany, Turkey, and Greece because these nations were
facing possible communist threats
The political climate of the Cold War caused the world's two superpowers to
compete economically and militarily
Nuclear proliferation is
the spread and build up of nuclear weapons
The fall of the Berlin Wall was followed by
the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union