Vocabulary and
Content Terms
Content Terms
What did Winston Churchill refer to the divide between the Communist East and Democratic West as?
The Iron Curtain
What was the military treaty organization comprised of the US, Canada, and Western Europe?
NATO
In which Middle Eastern country did the Soviet Union lose a war?
Afghanistan
He was the first Communist leader of Cuba, who the US failed to depose (remove from office).
Fidel Castro
What group of animals is called a pride?
Lions
The idea that if one country uses a nuclear weapon on another, then others will in retaliation.
Mutually assured destruction (MAD)
What was the military treaty organization comprised of the USSR and Eastern Europe.
The Warsaw Pact
The first "hotspot" of the Cold War was in this German city.
Berlin
This US president withdrew troops from Vietnam and pursued a policy of "Vietnamization."
Richard Nixon
How many US presidents were/are Catholic?
Two
The industrialization plan of Communist China which resulted in a massive famine.
The Great Leap Forward
This US agency was responsible for the overthrow of leaders in Guatemala and the Congo.
The CIA
This failed attack on Cuba was intended to lead to the overthrow of Fidel Castro.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The first leader of Communist China.
Mao Zedong
The only continent with no active volcano.
Australia
During the Cold War, this meant preventing Communism from spreading and keeping it in the USSR.
Containment
The Eastern European nations who were loyal and dependent on the USSR were given this term.
Satellite states/nations
This war resulted in a stalemate and the creation of a Communist north and democratic south.
He was a North Vietnamese revolutionary and Communist leader of North Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
Which mythological creature is a mix of a lion and an eagle?
A griffin
The idea that if one country falls to Communism, others will follow.
The domino theory
Newly independent nations post-WWII formed this alliance, rather than joining with the US or USSR.
The Non-Aligned Movement
In while Latin American nation did the CIA overthrow the leader, Jacobo Arbenz?
Guatemala
A reformer and the last leader of the Soviet Union who gave more freedoms to the people and lessened government control over business.
Mikhail Gorbachev
This seed is considered to be one of the highest sources of fiber on the planet.
Chia seeds