Cold War 1
Was there any real fighting in the Cold War?
No
What country was the leader of the Western Bloc?
The United States
What country was trying to contain communism?
What is the U.S.?
The imaginary line that divided Western and Eastern Europe
Iron Curtain
This is the title given to any war where no direct fighting occurs between the two countries.
Cold War
The idea of keeping communism from spreading.
Containment
This event saw the United States and other European nations bring food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets blocked ground transportation to that city
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Term for the scientific competition that happened between the US and USSR in the 1950's and 1960's.
Space Race
This was built in the German capital city to divide communists and non-communist.
Berlin Wall
Which country was the leader of the Eastern Bloc?
The Soviet Union
Name the city that was divided into Soviet, American, British and French controlled sections after WWII.
What is Berlin?
After World War II, which two countries emerged as superpowers and engaged each other in the Cold War?
Years for the start and end of the Cold War?
What is approximately 1945 - 1991?
What was the US program called that created the first nuclear weapons?
Manhattan Project
What were the names of the two zones that Berlin was divided into after WWII?
The Allied Zone and the Soviet Zone
This describes the constant need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war
What is the Arms Race?
Which countries were involved in dividing Germany into four parts after World War II to keep it from becoming too powerful again?
France, Great Britain, The U.S. and The Soviet Union
What factors contributed to the economic downturn in The Soviet Union?
The Space Race and The Arms Race
If a country was allied with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, what ideology (belief) would that country most likely support?
Communism over Capitalism
Why did the Berlin Airlift happen?
The Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin, cutting
off supplies.
What does the Berlin Wall represent?
A symbol of division between communist and democratic Europe
Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?
To keep people from escaping to West Berlin
Which event marked the beginning of the Cold War?
The division of Germany and Berin
Overall, how is the Cold War is best described?
A war of words that lasted several decades, with two powerful countries who avoided direct conflict
What was a major factor in the collapse of the Soviet Union?
Economic downturn
Reunification of Germany
Social unrest
What was an immediate result of the fall of the berlin wall?
An easing of tensions between Eastern and Western Europe
How did the differences in government between the United States and the Soviet Union help cause the Cold War?
The US supported democracy and The Soviet Union supported communism
What year did the Berlin wall come down?
1989
What did President Reagan ask the Soviet leader to do in his 1987 speech?
Tear down the Berlin Wall to allow more freedom
What are the differences between communism and democracy?
democracy: freedom, voting, capitalism
communism: government control, equality of resources
“An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent of Europe”
How did this statement by Winston Churchill reflect the emerging political and ideological (belief) division in post-war Europe?
The democratic and communist sides of Europe were isolated from each other
Why was German reunification important to the collapse of the Soviet Union?
It marked the weakening of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe and symbolized the end of communist control.
On this date, the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union ceased to exist.
1991
The Berlin Airlift was a huge turning point in the Cold War because...
It proved that communism would not be accepted in the western world and capitalism would not give up.