Cold War Ideologies
Cold War Vocab
Cold War Facts
Proxy Wars
Cold War Barriers
Cold War Race
Cold War Leaders
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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
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What was the policy of sending economic aid to assist Europe after WWII?
Marshall Plan
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Who is this man?
Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of Britain)
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What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
The Soviet Union
100
The name of the divide that split South and North Korea
38th Parallel
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What was described as the constant need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war?
The Arms Race
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
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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
200
Fill in the Blank: Vietnam was divided at the ____ Parallel, with the ____ at the North.
17th Parallel; Communists
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What were two of the proxy wars fought during the Cold War era?
- The Korean War
- The Vietnam War
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Name of the Soviet Premiere during the late 1950s into the 1960s who was in charge during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nikita Khruschev
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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
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What started the Space Race between the USA and USSR (Soviet Union)?
The launch of satellite Sputnik I
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Who were the world's "Big 3" leaders at the Yalta Conference in Feb 1945?
Winston Churchill (Britain), Joseph Stalin (USSR) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (USA)
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What is the economic system where people can make profits off of their businesses?
Capitalism
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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
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Name the generally accepted years for the start and end of the Cold War?
(Range: ± 3 years)
What is 1945 - 1991?
300
This proxy war was fought in jungles and used mostly guerilla warfare techniques as well as search-and-destroy strategies
Vietnam War
300
What was the phrase that Churchill used to refer to Eastern Europe being under the control of the Soviet Union?
The Iron Curtain
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How did Cuban Missile Crisis end?
The USSR agreed to remove missiles from Cuba in exchange for U.S. promises not to invade Cuba
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Who was the President of the United States at the end of WWII?
(Hint: Authorized the atomic bombs)
President Harry S. Truman
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Who were the superpowers of the Cold War? What did each side support?
USA= Capitalism/Democracy
Soviet Union= Communism
400
What is the alliance (led by the US) created for the purpose of responding jointly in case of attack in Western Europe?
NATO
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What event brought the United States and the Soviet Union the closest they had ever been to using nuclear weapons on each other?
AHHHHHHH
The Cuban Missile Crisis
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This was a horrific slaughter of civilians of mostly woman and children by US soldiers (Charlie Company) in Vietnam. The unit tried to cover up the event but were exposed by a journalist in 1968.
My Lai Massacre
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Why was the Berlin Wall constructed?
stop the flow of people/information leaving from East Germany.
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What is the term or name given to any war where no direct fighting occurs between the two countries involved?
Proxy War
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Who was the President when the United States was closest to Nuclear War?
John F. Kennedy
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How many zones was Germany divided after World War 2? (Not including Berlin)
4
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What was the alliance of the Soviet Union called?
Warsaw Pact
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if both sides possess nuclear weapons, it prevents the outbreak of nuclear war
deterrence (MAD)
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This was a proxy war where communist and democratic powers supported opposite sides. Resulted in a stalemate.
Korean War
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What was the main goal of détente (or relaxing) during the Cold War?
To reduce tensions and improve relations between the United States and the Soviet Union
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Name this communist.
Fidel Castro
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What was the name of the communist dictator of Cuba during the Cold War?
Fidel Castro
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Supporting countries threatened by communism to stop its spread is an example of which US Cold War policy?
Containment
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What was the first successful satellite in space?
Sputnik
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What was the United States plan that gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII?
The Marshall plan
600
Which factor made the Vietnam War especially difficult for the United States to win?
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces used guerrilla warfare and knew the terrain well
600
a policy that gave money to developing nations (like Greece & Turkey) that leaned toward democracy
Truman Doctrine
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Who built the Berlin Wall?
Soviet Union
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Who was the leader of the USSR (Russia) during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Krushchev
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refers to a disagreement or rivalry between different belief systems
ideological conflict
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What was the meeting that included Pres. Harry S. Truman, out going British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, incoming British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, and Soviet Premiere Josef Stalin?
The Potsdam Conference
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What was the US military/CIA operation with the mission to assassinate Castro in 1961?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
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What country became a communist nation after a brutal civil war in 1949?
China.
(People's Republic of China)
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To create a buffer zone of friendly governments for protection against future invasions, the USSR created ____ ____
satellite states
700
Name 2 countries that are still communist (to some degree) today.
China, North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam
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Who was the communist leader of China, taking over the government in 1949?
Mao Zedong