Ideologies
This economic system is based on private ownership, free markets, and competition.
Capitalism
This belief prioritizes group goals, cooperation, and shared responsibility.
What is collectivism
This military alliance, formed in 1949, united Western nations in mutual defense.
What is NATO
This event involved flying supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blocked all ground routes.
Berlin Airlift
This line of latitude still marks the border between North and South Korea today.
38th Parallel
This economic system emphasizes government ownership of major industries and reducing inequality.
What is socialism
This U.S. foreign policy aimed to stop the spread of communism without directly attacking communist nations.
What is containment
This alliance was created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact
This U.S. program provided billions of dollars to rebuild Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan
The Korean War is often called this because it received less attention than other Cold War conflicts.
This political and economic system seeks a classless society where all property is publicly owned.
What is communism
This Cold War strategy involved gathering information through intelligence agencies.
What is espionage
This metaphor described the division between democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain
This war began when leader Kim Il Sung invaded the country led by Syngman Rhee in 1950.
The Korean War
Where is the democratic outpost that was INSIDE the USSR and was a thorn in the side of Joseph Stalin?
West Berlin
This political system features total government control over public and private life, often led by a dictator.
What is totalitarianism
This competition between the U.S. and USSR the Cold War - COLD due to the fears that it created
What is the nuclear arms race
This is the country where the United States put it's first nuclear missile silos in order to be able to attack Moscow if necessary.
Turkey
This term describes wars in which major powers support opposing sides without fighting each other directly.
What are proxy wars
What is one other country, besides Korea, where the United States intervened in an effort to keep the country from falling to communism?
Vietnam, China, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, etc...... Any of these will do, including a few others.
This belief emphasizes personal freedom, self‑reliance, and individual rights.
What is individualism
This U.S. Cold War strategy involved trying to influence newly independent countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
What is winning over developed nations by giving aid, so they wouldn't fall to communism.
This is the country in the Middle East that the United States chose to support so that it would have a foothold in the Middle East.
Israel
The United States spent a lot of money attempting to sway the election to the democratic government in 1949, the eventual elections went to the communist party. Which country did this happen?
China, Moa Zedong was the leader of the Communist Party in China in 1949
What is the theory that believed if one country fell to communism, then every country would fall to communism? Which country was the first to fall?
The Domino Theory - China