Early Cold War
Who was mainly fighting in the Cold War?
United States vs. Soviet Union
What is containment?
policy to prevent the spread of communism and keeping it where it already existed
What happened to Berlin after World War Two?
It was split into four occupied zones for France, England, United States and the Soviet Union.
It was split into two: East and West Berlin.
What is a proxy war? Give an example.
a conflict between other countries and each side had support from either the U.S. or the U.S.S.R.
Korean War, Vietnam War, etc.
What is the full name of the person who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Why were they fighting in the Cold War?
political, economic and ideological differences
Give two examples of containment policies.
Truman Doctrine - economic aid to turkey and greece
marshall plan - economic aid to rebuild western europe
What was the Berlin Blockade?
USSR blocked the Western Allies from West Berlin
What were two ways the two nations competed?
space race and arms race
What was the major effect of the Soviet-Afghan War on the Soviet Union?
Why is it called the "Cold" War?
because the two nations involved never directly fought with each other
What were the alliances called during the Cold War and who did they belong to?
NATO - United States
Warsaw Pact - Soviet Union
Why was the Berlin Wall created?
to stop East Berliners from escaping to West Berlin
Why didn't the two nations fight each other directly?
to avoid M.A.D.
What were the two policies that weakened the Soviet Union?
perestroika and glasnost
What are satellite nations?
countries that were politically and economically controlled by a more powerful country
What does the iron curtain mean?
an imaginary line dividing communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe
How was the Berlin Blockade solved?
Berlin Airlift - food and other goods were dropped by air into West Berlin
What is the domino theory and how is it related to the Cold War?
if one nation has a communist government, neighboring nations will also fall to communism
used to justify American involvement in proxy wars in Southeast Asia
How did Eastern Europe contribute to the collapse of the Soviet Union?
They had revolutions and uprisings against the Soviet Union.
What is self-determination? And how did the Soviet Union go against this?
the right for a nation to choose their own government and rule it without outside control
with the creation of satellite nations
Which direction is associated with communism and democracy (north, south, east, west)?
North and East - communism
South and West - democracy
What was the effect of the Berlin Airlift on Germany?
permanent split into West and East Germany (two countries)
Which event was the closest the two nations almost started to fight? And what was the end result?
Cuban Missile Crisis - when nuclear weapons were discovered in Cuba by the United States
United States withdraw nuclear missiles from Turkey and Soviet Union withdraws from Cuba
When did the Berlin Wall collapse and when did the Soviet Union collapse?
1989, 1991