More Context and Background
The United States implemented The Marshall Plan and The Truman doctrine to "contain" the spread of this political ideology.
What is communism?
This type of bomb is 700 times more powerful than the atomic bomb.
What is a hydrogen nuclear bomb?
These were the two major political ideologies at odds during the Cold War.
What are communism and democracy?
This is the name of the physical wall that divided East and West Germany. It fell in 1990 and people would be killed if they crossed it.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This country sent the first man, woman, and dog to space?
What is the U.S.S.R?
This type of government allows people the power to vote, elect their own leaders, and make decision about how their country runs and operates. (It is often tied to some form of capitalism)
What is democracy?
This refers to a competition between countries where they try to build up the most and strongest weapons.
What is an arms race?
These two super powers were the opposing forces during the Cold War.
Who are the United States and Soviet Union(USSR)?
This is the name of the figurative wall that "divided" all of Europe. It was named by Winston Churchill in a famous speech.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This country sent the first man to the moon.
What is the United States?
These three man were known as "The Big Three" due to their status of being the leaders of the three greatest powers involved with ending the Cold War.
Who were Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt?
This are the sides of the Vietnam and Korean war the United States supported because they valued democracy.
What is the South?
The Cold War took place after this well known war.
What is World War II?
This side of Germany had poor living conditions and was ruled by communism after World War II?
What is East Germany?
This was the name of the first dog who went to space in 1957.
Who is Laika?
This was the name of the famous conference the "Big Three" attended at the end of World War II.
What is the Yalta Conference?
This war ended in a stalemate with their country divided.
What is the Korean War?
The Cold War ended in this year.
When is 1991?
This was the name of the failed U.S. supported invasion of Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro.
This is the year that the first man went to the moon.
When is 1969?
Several democratic countries banded together after World War II to form this organization to help stop the spread of communism.
What is the 38th Parallel?
This man with famous mustache was the leader of the USSR at the end of the Cold War and wanted to spread communism across the liberated countries from WWII.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This is where the first "fight" of the Cold War took place?
Where is Berlin?
This are the names of the first man and first woman in space. (First names will count.)
Who are Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova?