Policy 1: Containment
This is the idea that if one country falls to Communism, others will soon fall as well
Domino Theory
What does M.A.D. stand for?
Mutually Assured Destruction
What is Detente?
Cooling off of tensions between the US and USSR
What side of the Korean War did the US help support?
South Korea
What were the two main ideologies during the Cold War?
Capitalism and Communism
What is it called when two countries avoid war, but end up supporting countries that end up fighting one another?
Proxy War
Which zone was the capital city Berlin located in?
Soviet Zone
What is an example of Glasnos in the USSR?
More freedom of speech, press, religion
Following the Chinese Civil War, the Nationalists fled to what country and established the Republic of China?
Taiwan
How many zones was Germany split into immediately following World War II?
Four (French, British, American, Soviet)
What US President first used the policy of Containment?
Harry Truman
What was the event where the USSR placed nuclear missiles close to the US?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What US President was the first to visit Communist China?
Richard Nixon
What was the border between North and South Korea called?
38th Parallel
What were the two alliances of the Cold War?
NATO and Warsaw Pact
What military strategy/ type of warfare was used in the Vietnam War?
Guerrila Warfare
Who was the country to send the first satelite, Sputnik, into space?
Soviet Union
What was the name of the Soviet leader who initiated this policy in the USSR?
Mikhail Gorbechev
What was Mao Zedong's plan to improve agricultural production in Communist China (hint: it was not successful, but its name makes it appear to be)?
Great Leap Forward
What divided Eastern and Western Europe?
Iron Curtain
What is one similarity and one difference between the Vietnam and Korean Wars?
Similarities: Containment failed, US supported the South, USSR supported the North, Democracy vs Communism,
Differences: Korea ended up split, Vietnam united; Vietnam incredibly unpopular
What was the name of the mission that sent the first man to the moon?
Apollo 11
What does SALT stand for?
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties
What was the name of Vietnam's leader after the country was reunified under Communism?
Ho Chi Minh
The Soviets cutoff access to the Western section of Berlin. How did the allies respond?
Berlin Airlift - send supplies via planes