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After the war
100
This country had control of Eastern Europe.
What is the Soviet Union
100
The US and USSR began a race with this type of weapons.
What are nuclear weapons.
100
The year the US landed on the moon
What is 1969
100
He is a notable leader of the Bolsheviks in the Soviet Union in the early year of the war.
Who is Joseph Stalin
100
The year the Berlin Wall fell
What is 1989
200
Name one of the two countries that thought liberated nations should freely determine their own governments.
Who are United States and Great Britain
200
Theory that if one nation becomes communist, the nations around it will also do so.
What is the domino theory
200
The name of the movie when the U.S. beat the USSR in the olympics.
What is "The Miracle on Ice"
200
This president won the U.S. election with a pledge to stop war and bring the troops back home
Who is Nixon
200
The Soviet Union fell apart into this many different nations.
What is 15
300
This plan provided nearly $13 billion to rebuild war-torn Europe
What is the Marshall Plan
300
This kind of war was used instead of directly fighting the opposing country
What is a proxy war
300
He was the first man on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong
300
He is the U.S. president responsible for the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is JFK
300
The sole remaining superpower after the war
What is the United States
400
This policy was set to keep communism within its existing boundaries and to prevent further Soviet aggressive moves.
What is Policy of Conainment
400
The policy that large arsenals of nuclear weapons on both sides prevented war.
What is Deterrence
400
What year did the US defeat the USSR in Olympic hockey during this time?
What is 1980
400
He came into power in Cuba and set up a Soviet-supported socialist regime
Who is Fidel Castro
400
This former superpower, the biggest influence of communism, collapsed.
What is the Soviet Union
500
Name three of the four zones Berlin was split into during the time of the Berlin Airlift
What are US, Britain, France, and Soviet zones.
500
A nation that is stronger than other powerful nations.
What is a superpower
500
The USSR stands for this.
What is Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
500
North Vietnam was controlled by a Communist Party, headed by this man
Who is Ho Chi Minh
500
Some South American countries reformed their governments in which two things were restored. Name them.
What is voting and free campaigning