Cold War 1
What is the name for the fear of communism in the United States?
"red scare"
What is the economic system, adopted & spread by the Soviet Union during the Cold War, grants all ownership & control of private businesses to the central government, usually resulting in large scale corruption, orchestrated famine & genocide?
communism
Name of the meetings among Soviet and US leaders that intended to reduce the # of nuclear weapons...
SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
The total value of all goods and services produced by a nation in a year is called
GDP (gross domestic product)
What is the term or name given to any war where no direct fighting occurs between the two countries involved?
Cold War
What was the 2-word phrase that Churchill used to refer to Europe had become divided intp eastern and western blocs, with Eastern Europe being under the control of the Soviet Union?
"iron curtain"
What was the system of government that was adopted by the USSR after 1922 and resulted in complete control over the citizens and the economy of the Soviet Union and its satellite states?
communism / coomunist dictatorship
Who was the communist dictator of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis?
Fidel Castro
What were two of the wars fought during the Cold War era?
- The Korean War
- The Vietnam War
Who was the communist leader of the Khmer Rouge that became dictator and took control of Cambodia?
What was the significant physical barrier that was erected between two parts of a particular city that was seen as a symbol of the cold war?
The Berlin Wall
38th Parallel
What was the policy of sending economic aid to assist Europe after WWII?
Marshall Plan
What was the event that 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?
The Berlin Airlift
Name the generally accepted years for the start and end of the Cold War?
What is 1945 - 1991?
Communist rebels/guerrillas who were trying to defeat South Vietnam during the Vietnam War were known as
Viet Cong
Who was the President when the United States was closest to nuclear war?
John F. Kennedy
What was the foreign policy that states that the U.S. must prevent communism from spreading (but allow it to exist where it is already established)?
containment
What was described as the constant need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war?
arms race
What is the multinational organization that is a military alliance, and was created for the purpose of responding jointly in case of attack in Western Europe?
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
List 5 countries that belonged to the Warsaw Pact.
Who was the anti-communist, U.S.-backed leader of South Vietnam in the early years of the Vietnam War?
Ngo Dinh Diem
What was the name of the idea subscribed to by U.S. officials that if one nation were to fall to communism, other neighboring nations would also fall to communism as well?
domino theory
How many zones was Germany divided after World War II? (Not including Berlin)
4
What is the economic system that is based on private ownership of property & competition between businesses is driven by the needs of the market, consumers & producers?
capitalism
Name any TWO U.S. Presidents that served during the Vietnam War.
JFK, Johnson, Nixon, Ford
What was the name of the alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern Europe communist nations?
The Warsaw Pact
What does the acronym M.A.D. stand for in Nuclear Warfare?
Mutually Assured Destruction
Who was the commander of U.S. forces during the Korean War?
General Douglas MacArthur
Glasnost was Gorbachev's attempt to end censorship in the Soviet Union. What was does the term "glasnost" translate to?
"openness"
Who was the U.S. President during the 1980s that famously told Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall?
Ronald Reagan
What was the name of the series of paths used to carry supplies by the guerrillas coming from North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
After the breakup of the Soviet Union, who became the president of Russia?
Boris Yeltsin
In this year, the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union ceased to exist.
December 25, 1991
Countries that received the most amount of aid from the US through the "Marshall Plan"...
Britain & France
What was the name of Gorbachev's policy of economic restructuring in the Soviet Union?
"perestroika"
Who was the leader of the USSR (Russia) during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Krushchev
What was the result of Vietnam War?
The US surrendered to the North Vietnamese and the South suddenly became communist. By 1973, the US had removed all troops from Vietnam. Eventually, the would transition to a combination of market economy/socialist system.
What was the US military/CIA operation that used Cuban exiles to assassinate Castro in 1961?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
What law allowed the U.S. president to send troops to Vietnam even though war was never officially declared? (Named after the body of water where a U.S. ship, the Maddox, was reportedly shot at by North Vietnamese soldiers)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Soviets were the first to space, causing the world to think the U.S. lost the arms race. What was that first successful satellite in space?
Sputnik
Name 2 countries that are still communist today.
China, North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, and Laos