Cold war Leaders
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during most of the Cold War?
Who is Josph Stalin?
Which 1961 event in Germany symbolized the division between the East and West during the Cold War?
What is the Berlin Wall?
What was the name of the U.S.-led military alliance formed in 1949 to counter Soviet power in Europe?
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957?
The sputnik
Which U.S. president was in office during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who is John F. Kennedy?
What was the 1962 confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war?
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What was the name of the Soviet-led military alliance that was formed in 1955 in response to NATO?
What is the Warsaw Pact?
Which U.S. astronaut became the first person to walk on the moon in 1969?
Who is Neil Armstrong?
Who was the first president of the Soviet Union after Stalin?
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
What war was fought in Vietnam between communist North Vietnam and the U.S.-backed South Vietnam?
What is the Vietnam War?
Which Southeast Asian country was divided into North and South during the Cold War, leading to a long conflict?
What is Vietnam?
Which Cold War competition was centered around space exploration and technological advancements?
What is the Space Race?
Which U.S. president is known for his policy of "detente" to ease Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union?
Who is Richard Nixon?
Which event in 1949 caused the Soviet Union to create its own nuclear weapons, escalating tensions with the U.S.?
What is the Soviet Union's successful test of the atomic bomb?
Which U.S. policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism around the world during the Cold War?
What is containment?
Which Soviet cosmonaut was the first human to journey into outer space?
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
Who was the U.S. president who led during the height of the Vietnam War?
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
n what year did the Soviet Union officially collapse, marking the end of the Cold War?
What is 1991?
Which Cold War military conflict involved the Soviet Union invading this country in 1979, leading to a prolonged war with the U.S. supporting insurgents?
What is Afghanistan?
What was the name of the 1961 U.S. program that aimed to send an American to the moon by the end of the 1960s?
What is Apollo?