Cold War 1
Cold War 2
Cold War 3
Cold War 4
Cold War 5
Cold War 6
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Three world leaders at the Yalta Conference in Feb 1945.
Who were Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt?
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During the Cold War what two non-european countries were split between Communism and Non- Communism?
Vietnam and Korea
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Split North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
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Gorbachev’s reforms broke up the Soviet Union.
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Physical barrier that was made between two parts of a particular city that was seen as a symbol of the cold war.
What is the Berlin Wall?
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Foreign Policy which states that the U.S. must prevent communism from spreading.
What is containment?
200
Economic system grants all ownership & control of private businesses to the central government.
What is Communism?
200
What was the Alliance that supported the United States and Democratic ideas during the Cold War?
NATO
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Name of the alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern Europe communist nations.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
200
JFKs actions to stop missiles getting to Cuba
Naval blockade or quarantine
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What was the turning point that sparked the beginning of the Cold War?
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
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Who coined the term "Iron Curtain"?
Winston Churchill
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What was the term that was used to explain Soviet Occupation of eastern Europe following WW2?
Iron Curtain
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Event that saw the US and other European nations bring food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets set a blockade.
Berlin Airlift
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US plan that gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII.
What is the Marshall plan?
300
Theory where it was seen that if one nation were to fall to communism, other neighbouring nations would fall as well.
What is the Domino Theory?
300
Area with no military forces, such as the 38th parallel dividing North and South Korea Second Red Scare Widespread fear of communism during the 1950s
Demilitarized Zone
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A conflict fought by one or more major powers that do not themselves become directly involved
Proxy War
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The USSR and the USA were a part of this when they were attempting to build up their weapons and technology to one up the other?
What is the Arms Race?
400
The map above is best understood in the context of the
Marshall Plan to rebuild Western European economies
United States’ policy of containment of communism
European Economic Union for a unified European economy
United States’ attempts to improve relations with the Soviet Union
United States’ policy of containment of communism
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Which U.S. president gave the "Tear down this wall" speech ?
Ronald Reagan
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What was one difference between the Vietnam and Korean War?
Vietnam became fully communist while Korea was split
400
Name one satellite nation of the Soviet Union?
Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Albania, and Yugoslavia
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What was the USA's response to the USSR blockade?
Berlin Airlift
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union when the policy of Glasnost was implemented?
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Weaker nations that are ruled by another, more powerful nation.
Satellite Nations
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US military operation with the mission to invade Cuba and assassinate Castro to overthrow communism in 1961.
Bay of Pigs
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What was the first real test of the U.S. policy of containment?
Korean War
500
U.S. policy of helping any nation to defend itself from the spread of communism (containment of communism
Truman Doctrine
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The USA and the Soviet Union were involved in a conflict where the Soviets established a missile base in Cuba that led to a 13 day confrontation
Cuban Missile Crisis