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The two sets of (economic-political) principles that were at odds during the Cold War.

What are capitalism and communism?

100
This multinational organization was created for the purpose of mutual defense/collective security.
What is Nato?
100

The country that was trying to contain communism

What is the U.S.?

100

The communist country that the U.S. was most afraid of

What is the USSR or the Soviet Union or Russia?

100
Dividing line for North and South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel?
200
Churchill used this phrase to refer to Eastern Europe being under the control of the Soviet Union
What is the Iron Curtain?
200
Foreign Policy which states that the U.S. must prevent communism from spreading
What is containment?
200

Eastern European countries became this to the Soviet Union after World War II.

What are satellite nations?

200

This term describes when rival powers attack one another with propaganda and economic measures and with a general policy of non-cooperation.

What is a or the Cold War?

200

The Korean War happened in these years.

When is 1950-1953?

300

Theory that if one nation falls, its neighbors will fall

What is Domino Theory?

300
This event saw the United States and other European nations bring food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets blocked ground transportation to that city
What is the Berlin Airlift?
300

Name the generally accepted years for the start and end of the Cold War?

What is 1945 and 1991?

300

This war ended in a stalemate 

What is the Korean War?

300

The dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. 

Who is Stalin?

400

Name the city that was divided into Soviet, American, British and French controlled sections after WWII.

What is Berlin

400

This plan gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII

What is the Marshall plan?

400

The leader of the Cuban Revolution

Who is Fidel Castro?

400

The term that describes two rivals' competition to prove their technological and intellectual superiority by becoming the first nation to put a human into space.

What is space race?

400

The crisis that lasted thirteen days

What is Cuban Crisis?

500
This phrase describes the constant need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war
What is the Arms Race?
500

these are the main organs of the UN

What are the Security Council, Secretariat, General Assembly, ECOSOC, International Court of Justice?

500

The Truman Doctrine was an act of containment for these two countries

What are Turkey and Greece?

500

President of the USA when it was so close to start a nuclear war

Who is J.F.Kennedy?

500

the first successful satellite in space

What is Sputnik?