Ice Cold Tensions
This metaphor from Churchill described the political barrier dividing East and West Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
These nations in Eastern Europe were controlled by the USSR and dependent on it economically and politically.
What are satellite countries?
The USSR launched this first satellite into orbit in 1957.
What is Sputnik?
This 1948 U.S. program gave $12 billion to help rebuild Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This 1955 conference in Indonesia was a major step toward the Non-Aligned Movement.
What is the Bandung Conference?
This new organization replaced the League of Nations in 1945.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
These 5 Eastern Bloc nations were forced to adopt Soviet-style governments and economies.
What are Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania?
The belief that if one nuclear power attacked the other, both would be destroyed.
What is Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)?
The Marshall Plan aimed to stop the spread of this ideology.
What is communism?
This country hosted the Bandung Conference.
What is Indonesia?
The Cold War conflict was primarily between these two ideologies.
What are capitalism and communism?
The Soviets directed these types of plans for Eastern Europe, emphasizing industry over consumer goods.
What are five-year plans?
This type of missile tested in 1957 could reach far across the globe.
What is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)?
This Soviet-led economic organization was created to counter the Marshall Plan.
What is the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)?
This Indian Prime Minister was a founding leader of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Who is Jawaharlal Nehru?
In the U.S., economic power was mainly held by private individuals; in the USSR, it was held by
What is the government?
U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism, developed by George Kennan.
What is containment?
This Cold War competition involved tech advancements to control outer space.
What is the Space Race?
The Marshall Plan offered aid even to this former enemy nation.
What is Germany?
This African leader supported Pan-Africanism and the Non-Aligned Movement.
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?
This political feature of the U.S. was absent in the Soviet Union
What are free elections (or a multi-party system)?
This 1947 policy provided economic and military support to Greece and Turkey to resist communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Eisenhower warned about this powerful alliance between government and defense industries.
What is the military-industrial complex?
COMECON’s scope was limited to these two areas.
What are trade and credit agreements?
Despite criticizing both superpowers, this Indonesian president accepted aid from both.
Who is Sukarno?