Cold War Origins
These were the main ideological differences between the United States and the Soviet Union that contributed to the start of the Cold War.
What are capitalism and communism?
This conflict officially kicked off the fighting during the Cold War.
What is the Korean War?
Under this policy the USSR encourage more openness of criticism of the government.
What is glasnost?
Organization of allied nations who joined forces to combat threats of communism.
What is NATO?
The nationalist leader who retreated to Taiwan after their defeat by the communist
Who is Chaing Kai Shek?
Identify the key events and decisions made during the Yalta Conference in 1945
What are the discussions on post-war Europe, the division of Germany, and the establishment of the United Nations?
This event nearly brought the world to a Nuclear War.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The doctrine that stated any nuclear attack would result in the total annihilation of both the attacker and defender
What is mutually assured destruction?
The military alliance created by the Soviet Union and the Eastern European bloc in 1955.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
Mao Zedong's failed economic policies that led to mass death, famine and his retreat from the public for a period of time.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
The symbol of the ideological and physical division between Western and Eastern Europe, representing the spread of communism
What is the Iron Curtain?
During this event the entire nation ultimately fell to communist rule.
What is the Vietnam War?
What is detente?
This country reached out to the USSR after a failed attempt at a military coup against their government.
Who is Cuban?
This was a group of students who led massive socialist movements during the Cultural Revolution.
Who was the Red Guard?
This USA policy was created to provide economic aid to help rebuild war-torn European nations.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The Berlin Wall was constructed around
The idea that if one country fell to communism others would then fall.
The movement of countries who did not take the sides of either the USA or the USSR
What is the non-aligned movement?
He rose to power by leading the communist party during the Chinese Civil War
Who is Mao Zedong?
They were the three main leaders of the world at the beginning of the Cold War?
Who are Harry Truman, Josef Stalin and Winston Churchill?
This key location brought the Cold War tension between the USA and the USSR to the Middle East.
What is the Suez Canal?
What is perestroika?
This was the term for the rivalry developed during the attempt to be the first to land on the moon.
What is the Space Race?
This protest movement led to the death of hundreds of students by the Chinese military
What is the Tiananmen Square massacre?