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100

What was the "Long Telegram"

A pivitoal message sent by George F. Kennan which transmitted a detailed analysis of Soviet geopolitic views and beliefs to the U.S. State Department

100

This Soviet leader introduced a series of reforms that hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Mikhail Gorbachev

100

The unsuccessful Soviet blockade of this city marked an early victory for the U.S.

Berlin

100

The Stationing of nuculear missles in which TWO countries led to an increase in tensions between the Soviets and the US

Turkey and Cuba

100

NATO stands for: 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

200

Name 5 of the 12 Founding countries in NATO

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, The United Kingdom, and the United States (Only name 5) 

200

The death of this Soviet leader in 1953 brought a temporary relaxation of Cold War tensions.

Joseph Stalin

200

What was the Iron Curtain

A nickname given by Winston Churchill to the divide between communist and capitalist countries in Europe. It was a political and economic division, not a physical divide.

200

These discussions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the 1970s were intended to curtail the arms race between the two nuclear superpowers.

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

200

Who coined the term "Cold War"

George Orwell

300

Which nation in 1949 split into two, one being communist and the other being democratic

Germany (East and West Germany)
300

Which US president was responsible for administrating the devlopment of the hydrogen bomb

Harry S. Truman

300

What was the Truman Doctrine

It was an American foreign policy that pledged American support for any democracy threatened by communist or authoritarian governments.

300

What were the different ideologies between the Soviets and US? (EXPLAIN the two)

Communism and Democracy

300

Name three countries involved in the Warsaw Pact

-Albania

-Poland

-Czechoslovakia

-Hungary

-Bulgaria

-Romania

-East Germany

400

What was the Soviet's response to the Long Telegram

The sending of the Novikov Telegram, outlining the fact that the US drastically rose economically

400

Why did American pilot Francis Gray Powers become famous

He was captured alive by Soviets because he was taking aerial photos of the U.S.S.R.

400

What was the proxy war in where Soviet and US troops supported two countries fighting over the 38th paralell

The Korean War

400

What was one major effect that the atmoic bombs used in WWII had on the Cold War

It fueled and influenced the Soviet researchers, which eventually led to the start of the Arms Race

400

What is the name of the Soviet intelligence agency, similar to how the US has the CIA

KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti)

500

What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion

It was a failed invasion by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro. They tried to invade in 1961 on the Southwestern coast of Cuba

500

Glasnost, a program introduced by Soviet leader Gorbachev, did what

Introduced Soviet policies of open discussion of political and social issues

500
What was the progam put into place by the United States to economically support many countries in Europe who suffered in WWII

The Marshall Plan (Or the European Recovery Program)

500

Which country, although never fully leaving, withdrew military its military from NATO in 1966

France

500

The Soviet space satelitte "Sputnik," was famous for what

Being the first manmade object in orbit