Context of the Cold War
What is a conflict between two states specifically through an ideological struggle and not open warfare called?
A Cold War
What were the two ideologies that the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. had that opposed each other?
Capitalism and Communism
What is a conflict not directly between two states, but is supported by both behind the scenes?
Proxy
What country was a former Japanese colony that split into two states and became a proxy war for the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. in 1950?
Korea
Which 1980s U.S. president took a new stance against the Soviet Union and was determined to see it be dismantled?
Ronald Reagan
The Cold War was a struggle mainly between which two nations?
What movement was led by Indonesian President Ahmad Sukarno and was used by new states to pledge to not be involved in the Cold War conflict?
What was the group created by the United States and several western European countries to oppose communism in Europe and around the world?
NATO
Vietnam
1991
What military invention cemented the United States' place as the technological king followoing WWII?
The Atomic Bomb
Which country was split in half after WWII making one side capitalism and one side communist?
Germany
What was the military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and their satellite states in Eastern and Central Europe that looked to spread Communism around the world?
Warsaw Pact
Who was the famous leader of the Chinese communist party that tried to push China into a new dawn of industry and success
Mao Ze Dong
Which country did the Soviet troops invade and ultimately back out of after 9 years, further leading to their decline?
Afghanistan
What economic plan was used by the United States to boost the economy of European states and help them rebuild their infrastructures after WWII?
The Marshall Plan
Both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. wanted the world to be remade under their ideology. This is called a what?
Universalizing Ideology
What nation allowed the U.S.S.R. to establish missile basis within its borders in order to antagonize the United States?
Cuba
What was the economic policy introduced by Mao Ze Dong after WWII that tried to push China's industrial sector to be substantial
Great Leap Forward
Which Soviet leader attempted to reform the Soviet Union, but instead ended up creating policies that sent it further towards decline?
Mikhail Gorbachev
About how many new states were created during the large move towards decolonization after WWII?
80 new states
What idea kept the cold war at bay by stating that if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. went to war it would surely lead to the end of humanity due to Nuclear weapons
Mutually Assured Destruction
What is the name of the group that essentially all nations are apart of and send representatives to in order to avoid further conflict?
The United Nations
What action was taken by Egypt under the leadership of Gamal Abdel Nasser that was back by the Soviet Union and opposed by many other countries around the world
The Nationalization of the Suez Canal
What major event that happened in 1989 that many consider to be a concrete marking of the end of Soviet Control in Europe?
The fall of the Berlin Wall