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100
He is best known for being a Russian leader and head of a totalitarian government.  
Who is Joseph Stalin
100
This is the term for the competition that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
What is the cold war.
100
The Korean war started when ______ Korea invaded ________ Korea.
What is North Korea invaded South Korea
100
Under this Doctrine, the United States pledged to help nations threatened by communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine.
100
When the Soviet Union blocked Berlin in 1948, what was ordered by President Truman to bring them aide?

What is the Berlin Airlift

Berlin Airlift, lasted for more than a year and delivered more than 2.3 million tons of food, fuel and other goods to West Berlin. 

200
He was the American President during most of the Cold War. 
Who is President Harry S. Truman.
200
Nations dominated by the Soviet Union
What are satellite nations
200
Why did North Korean think they could unify with South Korea.
The United States had completed their withdrawl.
200
This was an alliance centered around the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.
What is Warsaw Pact
200
When was the Berlin Wall built--before or after Churchill called the divide the Iron Curtain?  

After.  It was build in 1961.  During the early years of the Cold War, West Berlin was a geographical loophole through which thousands of East Germans fled to the democratic West. In response, the Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin. It was thrown up overnight, on 13 August 1961.

300
He developed the plan to rebuild Europe
George C. Marshall--he called it the Marshall Plan--the idea was to give Europe money to rebuild.
300
This is the term for the conflict in Korea. It was not a war.
What is a police action
300
What was the dividing line between North and South Korea?
What is the 38th parallel.
300
What does NATO stand for?
North American Treaty Organization
300
When was the Berlin Wall taken down and what did it signify?

The Berlin Wall stood until November 9, 1989, when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the East Germany could cross the border whenever they pleased. That night, ecstatic crowds swarmed the wall. Some crossed freely into West Berlin, while others brought hammers and picks and began to chip away at the wall itself. To this day, the Berlin Wall remains one of the most powerful and enduring symbols of the Cold War.

400
Who was the US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who is President John F. Kennedy.
400
This is an imaginary line that Churchill had said descended upon Europe.
What is the iron curtain
400
Name three of the five countries on the UN Security Council that have veto powers.
What is United States, Soviet Union, China, Britain, and France.
400
This is a group of countries (nations) formed to avoid a WWIII and keep peace. 
The United Nations.  Is Russia part of it?      

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Yes.

400
What was the event that almost started WWIII?

The Cuban Missile Crisis.  The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.


The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a CIA-financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was an utter failure.

500
Who was England's leader at the time of the end of WWII?
Winston Churchill
500
Term that means an invasion on one country is an invasion on all countries.
What is collective security
500
How did the Korean War end?
Stalemate
500
This is the name of a policy instituted to halt the spread of communism.  
Containment policy
500
What were the names of the two proxy wars?  How did they end?
Korean War and the Vietnam War.


The Korean War ended in a stalemate (with neither side winning so there is now North Korea, whicih is community and South Korea which is democratic.)