Major Events
Treaties, Doctrines and Organizations
Major Event II
100
The Korean war was fought by the United States to stop which communist country from invading South Korea?
North Korea
100
What are the countries that the USSR controlled called?
Satellite countries
100
When Russian blocked supplies coming into the capitol of Germany and the United States airlifted supplies.
The Berlin Blockade.
200
What Southeastern Asian country had a Communist revolution against France.
Vietnam
200
What organization is the alliance between the United States and other non-communist nations?
NATO
200
The name of the shuttle that landed on the moon.
Apollo 11
300
What is the event called when the U.S. tried to start to overthrow the Communist government of Cuba?
Bay of Pigs
300
What is the organization between Russian and other Communist countries called?
The Warsaw Pact
300
Why did the Cold War start?
the atomic bomb, difference between Communism and Capitalism, Stalin's secret deal with Hitler
400
What Russian vessel was the first ship to orbit the Earth?
Sputnik
400
These 2 policies were aimed at containing Communism by giving money to anti-Communist countries.
Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
400
What large Asian country became Communist after WWII under the leadership of Mao Tse Tung?
China
500
What famous structure in Germany came down in 1989
The Berlin wall.
500
What was the overall policy to stop Communism from spreading called.
Containment
500
What were the major political differences between USSR and USA?
USA: capitalist/democratic USSR: Communist
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