Cold War Basics
In the ideological struggle of the Cold War, this was the economic ideology of the Soviet Union.
What is communism?
The U.S. attempt to stop the spread of communism outside of the USSR.
What was containment?
This country negotiated independence from Great Britain in 1947 after a 90 year period known as the Raj.
What is India?
The nationalist movement in the region, led by the Muslim league, resulted in this new nation.
What is Pakistan?
This country, split due to the Cold War conflict, was officially re-unified in 1991.
What is Germany?
In the ideological struggle of the Cold War, this was the economic system of the United States.
What is capitalism?
A war supported by a major power that it does not necessarily get involved in.
What is a proxy war?
This African nation negotiated independence in 1960 and was the first African nation to do so.
What is Ghana?
This new nation, a homeland for the Jews, was created in the Middle East in 1948.
What is Israel?
U.S. spending on this put tremendous pressure on the Soviet Union to keep up, which it could not do.
What is the military?
The U.S. led alliance of Western democratic, capitalist nations.
What was N.A.T.O.?
(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
This proxy war was fought by the U.S. in southeast Asia to prevent it from becoming Communist under Ho Chi Minh.
What was the Vietnam War?
This North African nation fought an armed struggle for over 7 years against France for independence, finally winning in 1962.
What is Algeria?
This man was a member of the Indian National Congress and notable for his non-violent resistance to British rule.
Who was Gandhi?
Fighting in this war was a major cause of the downfall of the Soviet Union.
What was the Soviet-Afghan War?
The Soviet-led alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
U.S. plan to spend $13.3 billion dollars ($173 billion today) to rebuild and recover western Europe after WWII.
What was the Marshall Plan?
A violent civil war (and proxy war) was fought in this southwestern African nation immediately after achieving independence from Portugal in 1975.
What is Angola?
Nationalist (and communist) leader of Vietnam.
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
The Russian term for economic restructuring (aka moving away from communism) in 1985.
What was glasnost?
Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the ideological split of the Cold War.
What was the Iron Curtain?
What was the non-aligned movement?
What is France?
Kwame Nkrumah was the nationalist leader for independence of this country.
What is Ghana?
The Russian term for "openness" (aka allowing more freedoms within Russian society).
What was perestroika?