Cold War 1
The fear of Communism
Red Scare
The barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West before the decline of communism that followed the political events in Eastern Europe in 1989.
Iron Curtain
The theory that if one nation falls to communism others will
Domino Theory
Line on the map that marks the border between North Korea and South Korea
38th Parallel
What is the Cold War?
A war that never actually happens
President of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969, and he was one of the most influential communist leaders of the 20th century
What is the multinational organisation created for the purpose of responding jointly in case of attack in Western Europe?
NATO
The enemy of the U.S. during the Vietnam War
Viet Cong
An area in which weapons and military have been removed
Demilitarized Zone
What is a Hot War?
Policy of sending economic aid to assist Europe after WWII
Marshall Plan
This theory assumed that each superpower had enough nuclear weaponry to destroy the other.
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
Soviet Union Leader of the time
Nikita Khrushchev
Who wrote the Iron Curtain speech?
Winston Churchill
Where and what does Mrs Mejia teach?
Torres High School, U.S. History
The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany.
Berlin Airlift
Competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration.
Space Race
What country was trying to contain communism?
The United States
What was the US program called that created the first nuclear weapons?
The Manhattan Project
What is a Proxy War?
When two countries instigate a war.
a country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened
Eisenhower Doctrine
What is the economic system, adopted & spread by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Communism
What were two of the wars fought during the Cold War era?
- The Korean War
- The Vietnam War
What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
The Soviet Union
What year did the Berlin wall come down?
(Range: ± 3 years)
1989