Cold War Basics
This was a time when two big countries did not fight directly but were still enemies.
What is the Cold War?
The United States was on this side, which liked freedom and elections.
What is democracy?
This was a race to see who could explore this place first.
What is space?
This wall was built in a German city to keep people from leaving.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This country broke apart, helping end the Cold War.
What is the Soviet Union?
These two countries were the main rivals in the Cold War.
Who are the United States and the Soviet Union?
The Soviet Union followed this system where the government controlled most things.
What is communism?
The first person to go into space came from this country.
What is the Soviet Union?
This crisis happened when missiles were placed close to the U.S. in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Cold War ended without a big war between the two main countries. This is called this kind of ending.
What is peaceful?
The Cold War is called “cold” because the countries did not do this.
What is fight each other directly?
This country is now called Russia and used to be part of the Soviet Union.
What is Russia?
The United States sent astronauts to walk on this in 1969.
What is the Moon?
This war in Asia was part of the Cold War where North and South fought.
What is the Korean War?
People in Eastern Europe wanted more of this (freedom or control?).
What is freedom?
This war happened after World War II.
What is the Cold War?
Countries that worked together with the U.S. were called this.
What are allies?
This country landed the first people on the Moon.
What is the United States?
Another war during the Cold War where the U.S. fought in Southeast Asia.
What is the Vietnam War?
Leaders from both sides talked to each other to avoid war. This is called this.
What is diplomacy?
he Cold War lasted many years, from about 1947 to this decade.
What are the 1990s?
Europe was split into two sides during the Cold War. This was the dividing line.
What is the Iron Curtain?
Rockets were used to travel to space and also to carry these.
What are missiles?
The Berlin Wall fell in this year, helping end the Cold War.
What is 1989?
The Cold War ended around this year.
What is 1991?