Cold War Basics
Who was the United States' main opposition during the Cold War?
The Soviet Union/ U.S.S.R
What Cold War structure came down in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War?
The Berlin Wall
What Cold War competition focused on achievements in space exploration?
The Space Race
Conflicts such as the beginning of the Vietnam and Korean War began as proxy wars. What is a proxy war?
a conflict fought by major powers that do not become directly involved or fight each other directly
What U.S. plan provided financial aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII?
The Marshall Plan
What phrase described the metaphorical division between the Democratic West and Communist East in Europe?
The Iron Curtain
What 1962 event involved Soviet missiles in Cuba and brought the U.S. and USSR close to nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What type of "arms" were both the United States and the U.S.S.R. stockpiling?
Nuclear weapons
What is another name for the Korean War?
Korean Conflict, Police Action, Forgotten War
Who was the leader of Communist China during the Cultural Revolution?
Mao Zedong
What international organization had the main goal of maintaining peace and preventing future wars?
The United Nations
What country was divided into four occupation zones after WWII, setting the stage for Cold War conflict?
Germany
What Cold War competition involved the buildup of nuclear weapons by both the U.S. and U.S.S.R.?
The Arms Race
What theory stated that if one country fell to communism, nearby countries would fall too?
The Domino Theory
What U.S. policy aimed to contain communism by financially supporting countries resisting it?
The Truman Doctrine
What military alliance was created by the Soviet Union and its allies in response to the creation of NATO?
The Warsaw Pact
What U.S.-backed failed invasion in 1961 attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
What was the name of the first unmanned satellite launched into space in 1957?
Sputnik
What was the result of the Korean War?
Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel
What group of radical youth supported Mao during China’s Cultural Revolution?
The Red Guard
What does NATO stand for and what was the purpose of the alliance?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
A military alliance between the U.S., Canada, and 10 Western European nations who pledged mutual defense against Soviet aggression.
What event involved the U.S. and Britain flying supplies into West Berlin to counter a Soviet blockade?
The Berlin Airlift
What U.S. president promised that the United States would go to space by the end of the 1960s?
John F. Kennedy
What was the outcome of the Vietnam War for the country of Vietnam?
Vietnam was unified under communist rule
What Soviet leader introduced the policies of Glasnost and Perestroika in order to modernize the Soviet Union?
Mikhail Gorbachev