Cold War 1
What was the United States plan that gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII?
The Marshall plan
What is the economic system, adopted & spread by the Soviet Union before and during the Cold War, grants all ownership & control of private businesses to the central government?
Communism
What country was trying to "contain" communism?
The United States
What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
The Soviet Union
What is the term or name given to any war where no direct fighting occurs between the two countries involved?
Cold War
What country was the other major communist nation of the world during the Cold War?
(They became a communist nation after a brutal civil war)
China.
(People's Republic of China)
What was the name of the Communist dictator of Cuba
Fidel Castro
What were two of the wars fought during the Cold War era?
- The Korean War
- The Vietnam War
What was the US military/CIA operation with the mission to assassinate Castro in 1961?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
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
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?
(Range: ± 3 years)
What is 1945 - 1991?
It is the "type" of spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union.
The U2 Spy Plane
Who was the President when the United States was closest to Nuclear War?
John F. Kennedy
What was described as the constant need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war?
The Arms Race
What is the multinational organisation created for the purpose of responding jointly in case of attack in Western Europe?
NATO
What event brought the United States and the Soviet Union the closest they had ever been to using nuclear weapons on each other?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the US program called that created the first nuclear weapons?
The Manhattan Project
What was the phrase that Churchill used to refer to Eastern Europe being under the control of the Soviet Union?
The Iron Curtain
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
Who was the President of the United States at the end of WWII?
Harry S. Truman
What was the name of the alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern Europe communist nations?
The Warsaw Pact
38th Parallel
What was the first successful satellite in space?
Sputnik