What? Why?
THE COLD WAR WAS AN IDEOLOGICAL BATTLE BETWEEN THESE TWO BELIEF SYSTEMS.
CAPITALIST DEMOCRACIES VS. COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIPS
THIS REFERS TO THE ATTEMPTS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM.
CONTAINMENT
THIS WAS AN ALLIANCE IN RESPONSE TO THE FORMATION OF A WESTERN SECURITY ALLIANCE.
THE WARSAW PACT
THIS IS WHEN YOU TRY TO GAIN AS MUCH SECRET KNOWLEDGE ABOUT YOUR ENEMY AS POSSIBLE.
ESPIONAGE
THESE FOUR COUNTRIES SPLIT GERMANY INTO ZONES OF OCCUPATION.
THIS WAS A $13.6 BILLION PLAN TO SUPPORT COUNTRIES THAT HAD BEEN IMPACTED BY WAR AND MAY HAVE TURNED TO COMMUNISM.
THE MARSHALL PLAN
THE USSR DID THIS IN BERLIN TO STOP THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY'S ACCESS TO SUPPLIES.
BERLIN BLOCKADE
PRESTIGE WAR
WINSTON CHURCHILL USED THIS NAME TO DESCRIBE THE IDEOLOGICAL DIVIDE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.
THE IRON CURTAIN
THIS WAS A SECURITY ALLIANCE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY BETWEEN FIVE WESTERN COUNTRIES WHO SIGNED THE BRUSSELS TREATY.
NATO
THESE BEGAN AMONG THOSE WHO HAD BEEN OPPRESSED BY THE SOVIET UNION'S REGIME.
LIBERATION MOVEMENTS
THIS WOULD BE THE RESULT OF A FULL-SCALE NUCLEAR WAR.
THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE
THIS COST $2 BILLION AND RESULTED IN 250,000 SUPPLY-DROPS AND ULTIMATELY REPRESENTED THAT THE WEST WOULD NOT LET ANYONE FALL TO THE USSR.
BERLIN AIRLIFT
THE BERLIN WALL FELL IN THIS YEAR, AND THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE UNOFFICIAL END OF THE COLD WAR.
1989
THIS STRATEGY WAS EVIDENT DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS WHEN THE WORLD ALMOST FELL TO NUCLEAR WAR.
BRINKMANSHIP
BOTH SUPERPOWERS WERE EXPANDING TO INCREASE THIS.
SPHERES OF INFLUENCE
THIS IS THE ATTEMPT TO FIND PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT.
DIPLOMACY
THESE POLICIES, INTRODUCED BY GORBACHEV, CONTRIBUTED TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE USSR.
GLASNOST AND PERESTROIKA
EXAMPLES OF THIS INCLUDE THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE KOREAN WAR.
PROXY WARS