Cold War Basics
This type of war is when powerful countries support other sides but don’t fight directly.
What is Proxy War?
This war took place from 1950–1953.
What is the Korean War?
This wall was built in this year.
What is 1961?
This country had Soviet missiles placed in it.
What is Cuba?
This war lasted from 1955–1975.
What is the Vietnam War?
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
This country invaded South Korea.
What is North Korea?
The Berlin Wall separated these two parts of the city.
What are East Berlin and West Berlin?
This U.S. president led during the crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This country supported South Vietnam.
What is the United States?
This idea said if one country becomes communist, nearby countries will follow.
What is the domino theory?
This organization helped the U.S. defend South Korea.
What is the United Nations?
People were trying to escape from this side.
What is East Berlin?
This action was taken by the U.S. to stop more missiles from arriving.
What is a naval blockade?
Vietnam was divided into these two parts.
What are North Vietnam and South Vietnam?
This term describes pushing a situation to the edge of war to force the other side to back down.
What is brinkmanship?
The line that still divides North and South Korea today.
What is the 38th parallel?
The wall symbolized this global conflict.
What is the Cold War divide between communism and democracy?
The world feared this during the crisis.
What is nuclear war?
This theory influenced U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
What is the domino theory?
The two main countries involved in the Cold War.
Who are the United States and Soviet Union?
The Korean War ended with this type of agreement (not a full peace treaty).
What is an armistice?
This event symbolized the end of Cold War tensions.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
This Soviet leader agreed to remove the missiles.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
This group protested the war in the U.S.
Who are college students / protestors?