Events & Ideologies
This event took place between Cuba and the US in October 1962 and lasted for 13 days.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This person defected and exposed Soviet spying in Canada.
Igor Gouzenko
A device designed for discreet observation, information gathering.
What is a spy gadget?
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?
Examples of this type of war include the Vietnam War and the Korean War.
What is a Proxy War?
Economic system grants all ownership & control of private businesses to the central government.
What is Communism?
The U.S. and Canada are partners in the North American Aerospace Defense Command that keeps an eye on North American skies and defends against enemy attacks.
What is NORAD?
What was the name of the Communist dictator of Cuba
Fidel Castro
The symbolic division between western and eastern Europe during the period of the Cold War.
What is the Iron Curtain?
The constant need to build up more weapons than the Soviets in order to prevent nuclear war.
What is the Arms Race?
Senator McCarthy became a tireless crusader against Communism in the early 1950s, sparking a US period known as....
What is "the red scare"?
63 radar stations that spread across the far north.
What is the DEW line?
US plan that gave economic assistance to European countries after WWII.
What is the Marshall plan?
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 or Domino Effect?
This proxy war resulted in in a complete communist takeover by the north after almost 20 years of brutal fighting.
What is the Vietnam War?
Organization of allied nations who joined forces in the West to support any threats of Communism.
What is NATO?
US aeronautics program initiated by Reagan during the Cold War in order to compete with the USSR.
What is NASA?
First successful satellite in space.
What is Sputnik I?
Name of the alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern European communist nations.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
Over 500 Canadians died in this proxy war.
What is the Korean War?