Cold War Vocab
Theory that if one nation falls, its neighbors will fall.
What is Domino Theory
The Cuban Missile Crisis involved what three countries?
Who is the U.S., Cuba, Soviet Union
The country that was trying to contain communism.
Who is the United States
The immediate effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is the Soviet Union removed it's missiles from Cuba and the US removed it's missiles from Italy and Turkey.
This was created to divide the German capital from communists and non-communist countries.
What is the Berlin Wall
the policy of ______established the strategy of keeping communism within its existing borders.
What is Containment
The civil war between North and South Korea?
What is the Korean War
The communist country that U.S. was most afraid of during the Cold War.
What is the USSR.
What was the Rationale for American involvement in the Korean war?
What is the domino effect/ stop the spread of communism from taking over the world
The United States had to remove nuclear missiles from what country after the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What is Turkey and Italy
This is the title given to any war where no direct fighting occurs between the two countries involved.
What is a Cold War.
The civil war between North and South Vietnam.
What is the Vietnam War
This communist Vietnamese leader led the Viet Minh
who is Ho Chi Minh
Who ruled Germany during WWII?
Who is Adolf Hitler
The line between North Korea and South Korea is called ___________. It is also the location of the DMZ (demilitarized zone).
What is the 38th Parallel
use of military force to solve a nation's problems
What is Militarism
The competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of new technology, especially the building of space craft and rocket ships?
What is the Space Race
Who was the President when the United States was closest to Nuclear War?
Who is John F. Kennedy
The United States entered World War II after?
What is Pear Harbor
This European country occupied Vietnam for decades and tried to regain control of this country after WWII.
Who is France?
The secret plan to create the nuclear bomb was called
(hint: It's named after one of NYC's five boroughs).
What is The Manhattan Project.
The fact that the nuclear weapons that were being created by the US and the Soviet Union were extremely powerful and dangerous made the ______ so terrifying.
What is the Arms Race
Who was Cuba's leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who is Fidel Castro
Millions of Jews were rounded up in Germany and other parts of Europe, and sent to _______________.
What are Concentration Camps.
name of a gasoline that causes burns, unconsciousness, and death