The USSR
What are the names of the two major alliances of the Cold War? (one the capitalist western bloc, the other the communist eastern bloc)
The US claimed to have won the space race with THIS major accomplishment...
The moon landing in 1969
This US President was helping to "cool off" the Cold War until he got caught up in a scandal and had to resign
Nixon
During the Vietnam was many young men resisted being conscripted into the army and they were called...
Draft Dodgers
What was the name of the communist leader in Cuba?
Fidel Castro
THIS was created by Stalin in order to contained the Capitalist portion of Germany's capital city.
The Berlin Wall
The US believed in THIS policy, that if one nation fell to communism then its neighbors would fall as well
Domino Theory
Who was the US President who ended WW2 and made a commitment to resist the spread of Communism around the World
Truman
The name of the physical division created between North and South Korea after the Korean War
The DMZ - The Demilitarized Zone
What two major terrorist organizations emerged out of Afghanistan after the Soviet-Afghan war?
Al-Qaeda and the Taliban
What is the understanding between the United States and USSR that once a nuclear weapon was fired, total nuclear war and total annihilation was inevitable.
Mutually Assured Destruction
What theory is this.... "Limiting communism to areas already under Soviet control. The United States pledged to resist Soviet expansion anywhere in the world."
Containment Theory
The act of spying, used extensively by the US & USSR during The Cold War
Espionage
What style of warfare was primarily used during the Vietnam war?
Guerilla Warfare
What was the name of the US's failed attempt to invade Cuba and overthrow the communist regime?
Bay of Pigs
This was Gorbachev's plan for Social Openness
Glasnost
In 1948 Stalin blockaded Western Berlin in an attempt to force democratic occupying nations out of the region. How did the US respond to this crisis?
The Berlin Airlifts
Carter
What other nation (aside from the USSR) supported the north Koreans and the North Vietnamese?
China
What was the name of the Islamic extremists group the US secretly funded to resist Soviet expansion in Afghanistan?
The Mujahedeen
This was Gorbachev's plan for economic openness
Perestroika
What was the name of the US's economic plan that helped rebuild Europe after WW2 and stop communist influence?
The Marshall Plan
This was the name given to the North Vietnamese insurgents that the US was fighting during the Vietnam War
The Vietcong
What was the name of the Dictator installed in North Korea after the Korean War?
Kim Il Sung
Who was leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Kruschev