Cold War Conflicts
This was the primary ideological conflict during the Cold War
What was Capitalism vs. Communism?
This was a U.S. strategy to prevent the spread of communism beyond where it already existed.
What was the policy of containment?
The U.S. intelligence agency established to conduct covert operations during the Cold War
What was the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)?
This was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957?
What was Sputnik 1?
This movement provided the intellectual foundation for demanding rights and reforms when monarchs ruled in an age of absolutism.
These were the two superpowers involved in the Cold War
What were the United States and the Soviet Union?
This was a policy to provide military and economic assistance to countries resisting communism, starting with Greece and Turkey
What was the Truman Doctrine?
The code name for the U.S. project aimed at developing a nuclear bomb during World War II?
What was The Manhattan Project?
He was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth and was portrayed in the movie Hidden Figures
Who was John Glenn?
These goods were primarily exchanged in the Trans-Saharan Trade
What were gold and salt
This event marked the beginning of the Korean War
What was the invasion of South Korea by North Korea?
This was a military alliance formed between the US and it's Cold War allies to provide collective defense against Soviet aggression and promote stability in Europe.
What is N.A.T.O.?
They were the American couple that helped the Soviets gain the secrets to developing nuclear weapons and were later executed for treason
Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
He was the first human to travel into space, making a historic flight in 1961?
Who was Yuri Gagarin.
This was the economic policy of European colonization during the age of exploration
What was Mercantilism?
This was a 13-day confrontation in 1962 over Soviet missiles in Cuba, bringing the U.S. and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
It physically and ideologically divided East and West Berlin, symbolizing the division between communism and democracy
What was the Berlin Wall?
It's role was to conduct espionage and intelligence operations for the Soviet Union
What was the Soviet KGB?
This Soviet mission carried the first living creature, a dog named Laika, into space.
What was Sputnik 2?
This resulted in becoming the first independent nation-state ruled by formerly enslaved people of African descent
What was the Haitian Revolution?
This provided economic aid to European countries to help rebuild after World War II, preventing the spread of communism
What was the Marshall Plan?
This was a major proxy war fought in the 1980s that involved the Soviet Union supporting one side and the U.S. supporting the other?
What was the Soviet-Afghan War?
This was the name of the U.S. operation that aimed to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba, which included a failed invasion in 1961
What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
He became the first person to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission
Who was Neil Armstrong?
This War resulted in China being forced to open trade and influence from Britain.
What were the Opium Wars?