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Russia before the Cold War
Historical Leaders
Key Terms
Events of the Cold War
Communism & Capitalism
100
The name of the political group that took power after the Tsar stepped down.
Bolsheviks
100
The President responsible for resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis.
JFK
100
American Program of economic assistance for rebuilding non-communist Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
100
The conference that led to the splitting of Germany into 4 zones.
Potsdam Conference
100
The type of economy associated with communism.
Command Economy
200
What does USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
200
Harsh, oppressive leader of the USSR.
Joseph Stalin
200
Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the division of Europe by the Soviet Union spreading its areas in Eastern and central Europe.
What is "Iron Curtain?"
200
A nation that is stronger than other powerful nations.
Superpower
200
The type of economy associated with capitalism.
Market Economy
300
State owned farms.
Collectives
300
The leader who decided to use nuclear weapons against Japan.
President Harry S Truman
300
A nation/state that is economically, politically, or militarily influenced by another nation. These countries "orbit" their mother country.
What is a satellite nation?
300
This physical feature literally divided the city of Berlin
What is the Berlin Wall?
300
The belief that no one citizen should own any goods or land privately.
Collective ownership
400
The official communist party religion that was promoted by Stalin.
Atheism
400
Leader of Cambodia that resulted in over 2 million deaths.
Who is Pol Pot
400
The alliance between Democratic countries during the Cold War
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
400
The moment in the Cold War when the two major players came closest to nuclear war.
The Cuban missile crisis
400
This economic ideal allows for the creation of social classes.
Capitalism
500
Russia's legislative body (under a Tsarist government).
Duma
500
President of Cuba for most of the Cold War
Fidel Castro
500
The alliance between Communist nations during the Cold War
The Warsaw Pact
500
The year the Cold War ends.
What is 1991?
500
The section of Korea that was, and still is, Communist
North Korea