Early Cold War
The two superpowers to come out of WWII.
The Soviet Union and the United States.
A country that was divided into four occupied zones during the Cold War.
Germany.
The main reason for the Korean War.
The spread of Communism or the fear that Communism would spread
The race between the US and the Soviet Union to build powerful nuclear weapons.
The Nuclear Arms Race.
August 6th 1945, 08:15
The nuclear bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima from an American Boeing B-29 Superfortress
The leader of the Soviet Union in the beginning of the Cold War
Joseph Stalin.
The group formed by Western European countries in response to the threat posed by the Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The United States Ally during the Korean War.
South Korea.
As the U.S. began supporting the South Vietnamese Army which country began supporting the North Vietnamese and Vietcong in the South?
The Soviet Union
The two superpowers competed to prove their technological and intellectual superiority by becoming the first nation to put a human into space
The Space Race
The form of government in the Soviet Union.
Communism.
The alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern Europe communist nations
Warsaw Pact
One of the most dangerous borders (or DMZ) in the world.
The 38th Parallel: border between North and South Korea
The United States and the Soviet Union had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet missiles in this country
Cuba (The Cuban Missile Crisis)
A war fought between groups or countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers
Proxy wars
One of the first international crisis of the Cold War, happening between June 1948 and May 1949
The division between Eastern and Western Europe was often called...
The Iron Curtain.
The communist country in Asia that aligned itself with North Korea during the Korean War.
China.
1979
The economic reform that was designed to stimulate the Soviet economy and raise citizens standard of living
Perestroika
A foreign policy that opposed the spread of Communism in European countries.
Truman Doctrine.
When the US dropped food and supplies to this struggling community during the Cold War...
The Berlin Airlift.
The long term result of the Korean War.
A divided Korea (North vs. South).
The first agreements intended to restrain the arms race in strategic ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons.
SALT I and SALT II
Country that was reunited in 1975 under communism.
Vietnam