Leaders
Alliances/Blocs
Conflicts
Korea/Vietnam
Cold War Tech.
100
Former British prime minister described an "Iron Curtain" had descended upon Europe.
Who was Winston Churchill?
100
Military alliance that protected Europe from Soviet aggression during the Cold War.
What is NATO?
100
Soviet satellite nation that attempted to break away in 1956 but was crushed.
What was Hungary?
100
Famous theory about the spread of communism in Asia.
What was the Domino Theory?
100
CIA spyplane that conducted aerial survellience.
What was the U-2?
200
Soviet leader that considered the West incapable with their system of communism.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
200
Military alliance that formed the basis of collective security in SE Asia during the Cold War.
What is SEATO
200
1968 Massive protests against communism in Czechoslovakia under Dubcek's leadership.
What was Prague Spring?
200
Became the major turning point of the Vietnam War involving major attacks against S. Vietnamese and American installations.
What was the Tet Offensive?
200
Bomber part of America's Nuclear Triad.
What is the B-52?
300
This American president governed through consensus.
Who was President Eisenhower?
300
Known as the forerunner of the European Union as a trade bloc.
What was the European Economic Community (EEC)?
300
Event that involved CIA backed Cuban exile army attempted to overthrow Castro's government.
What was Bay of Pigs Fiasco?
300
Original dividing line of the two Koreas before the war started.
What was the 38th Parallel?
300
Carried nuclear warheads.
What is the ICBM?
400
Cuban revolutionary leader later allied with the Soviet Union.
Who was Fidel Castro?
400
Another name for the Soviet Union and its satellite nations under its control in Europe.
What was the Eastern Bloc?
400
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The launch of Soviet satellite called Sputnik I began this superpower rivalry.
What was the Space Race?
400
This Asian communist nation sent over 200,000 volunteers to aid N. Korea.
Who was China?
400
Newest nuclear bomb tested in the Pacific by the US.
What is the hydrogen bomb?
500
Soviet leader responsible for De-stalinization policies and held summits with western leaders.
Who was Khrushchev?
500
Military alliance between the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
500
This event tested the Allies resolve against the Soviet control of Berlin.
What was the Berlin Blockade and Airlift?
500
Nixon's plan to gradually withdraw American troops from the Vietnam War.
What was Vietnamization?
500
Used for espionage, weather patterns and telecommunications.
What are satellites?