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The Political, Economic and sometimes military conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States.
What is the Cold War
The Vietnam War started after which country invaded South Vietnam
What is North Vietnam
The development and improvement of nuclear bombs is an example of the
What is the Arms Race
The Soviet Union's economy failed because they overspent on
What is the Military
What type of government was in the following countries
United States
Soviet Union
What is
United States + Democracy
Soviet Union + Communism
This is what turned Russian into the Communist Soviet Union
What is the Russian Revolution
The 2 main places where real "Hot" wars took place during the Cold War
What is Korea and Vietnam
The competition to have the best and most weapons during the Cold War
What is the Arms Race
The type of government where everything is controlled by the government and people don't have any rights and freedoms
What is Communism
The Korean War started after which country invaded South Korea
Who is North Korea
This allowed the Berlin Blockade to end peacefully instead of with conflict
What is the Berlin Airlift
The new leader of the Soviet Union who began to make reforms and end the Cold War
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
What type of government was in the following countries
North Korea
South Korea
What is
North Korea + Communism
South Korea + Democracy
The foreign policy goal of the United States to stop the spread of communism after World War II
What is Containment
This was the first potential major conflict of the Cold War in Germany that could have turned into a World War III
What is the Berlin Blockade
Another way the Soviet Union and United States competed that became an "Out of this World" competition
What is the Space Race
The term used to describe the divide between the communist and democratic worlds
What is the Iron Curtain
After the Korean War, what type of government did South Korea have?
What is a Democratic government
This was the closest the world came to a nuclear war during the Cold War
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
The term used to describe a decrease in tensions and conflict during the Cold War
What is Detente
What type of government was in the following countries
East Germany
West Germany
What is
East Germany + Communism
West Germany + Democracy
A part of Containment in the US that gave countries money for military aid to fight off communism
What is the Truman Doctrine
Alliance between the United States and Western European countries after World War II to protect against the spread of communism
What is NATO
The first Satellite ever launched into outer space
What is the Sputnik
The part of Europe that was forced to turn communist by the Soviet Union towards the end of World War II
What is Eastern European countries
This is the 1st place that communism spread to after World War II
What is Eastern Europe
Reforms in the Soviet Union that made it more democratic
What is Glasnost
What type of government was in the following countries
Cuba
Vietnam
What is
Cuba + Communist
Vietnam + Communist
A part of Containment that gave money to countries in Western Europe to help them rebuild their economies after World War II
What is the Marshall Plan
This means to be on the "edge" or really close to a nuclear war
What is Brinkmanship
The program created by the United States to land a man on the moon
What is the Apollo Program
The type of government that gave people rights, freedoms and allowed them to participated politically.
What is Democracy
After the Vietnam War, what type of government did Vietnam have
What is Communist
This Country was the closes communist country to the US and created many problems
What is Cuba
Reforms in the Soviet Union that made it more Capitalist
What is Perestroika
What type of government was in the following countries
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
What is
Eastern Europe + Communism
Western Europe + Democracy
The Soviet Union wanted to keep control of Eastern Europe after World War II to use those countries as a
What is a Buffer Zone
The alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries
What is the Warsaw Pact
The Cold War was a race between the Soviet Union and United States to spread which 2 types of governments
What is Communism and Democracy