Cold War 1
Cold War 2
Cold War 3
Cold War 4
Cold War 5
100
This is the term given to the widespread fear of communism in the US after WWII.
What is the (second) Red Scare?
100
The competition between nations regarding the spread of either Capitalism or Communism
What is the Cold War?
100
The country that was trying to contain communism.
What is the U.S.?
100
The communist country that U.S. was most afraid of during the Cold War.
What is the USSR or the Soviet Union or Russia?
100
This man was leader of hte Chinese Communists
Mao Zedong
200
Winston Churchill used this phrase to describe how Eastern Europe was divided from Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
200
The Truman Doctrine and the policy of ______established the strategy of keeping communism within its existing borders.
Containment
200
This President favored limited warfare in Korea
Harry S. Truman
200
Name the German city that was divided into Soviet, American, British and French controlled sections after WWII.
What is Berlin?
200
This General landed at Inchon to launch a counteroffensive against North Korea
Douglas MacArthur
300
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?
300
This European nation was divided immediately after WWII and was later reunited in 1990.
What is Germany?
300
This Asian country fell to Communism in 1949, and aided North Korea during the Korean War
What is China?
300
This war ended in a stalemate at the 38th parallel
What is the Korean War?
300
Who was the astronaut aboard the first Mecury space mission to orbit the earth, and in what year did this historic mission take place?
John Glenn in 1962
400
This was the term given when the US and the Soviet Union competed to stockpile the largest amount of nuclear weapons
What is the Arms Race?
400
This multinational military organization was created for the purpose of mutual defense and collective security for the western European nations. It is still around today
What is NATO?
400
This man led a witchhunt against suspected communists and ruined many people's careers and reputations. His baseless accusations were exposed and he was humiliated. He died of alcoholism 3 years later.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
400
Theory that if one nation falls, its neighbors will fall.
What is Domino Theory?
400
this organization carried out secret operations in other countries during the Cold War
Central Intelligence Agency
500
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union created their own international military organization to counter-act what the US and other western nations were doing during the Cold War.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
500
What was the purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
To investigate and identify Communist threats in the US
500
When Communist troops from the northern part of this country attacked the southern part of this country (which was democratic), the US and UN troops intervened.
What is Korea?
500
This Soviet spacecraft was the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, marking the beginning of the Space Race. What is its name, and in what year was it launched?
What is Sputnik 1, and it was launched in October of 1957.
500
This Soviet cosmonaut made history as the first human to journey into outer space. Who is this pioneering individual, and in what year did this historic spaceflight occur?
Who is Yuri Gagarin in 1961