This is not a "hot" war; the term that describes the hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
100
The closest the world has ever come to a nuclear war; the United States and the Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles too close to each other.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
100
This organization replaced the League of Nations after World War Two.
What is the United Nations?
100
The harsh leader of the Soviet Union who is credited with "stalinism"
Who is Joseph Stalin?
100
These two countries were in the "Space Race"
What were the Soviet Union and the United States?
200
The term for building up weapons and military resources because another country is doing the same-- without the intention of using them
What is an "arms race" ?
200
The United States opposed this country in the Korean War because they were trying to spread Communism.
What is North Korea?
200
A plan that the United States would assist European countries in recovering from World War Two.
What is the Marshall Plan?
200
The president who decided to drop the atomic bomb.
Who is Harry Truman?
200
Germany was divided into this number of parts after World War Two.
What is four?
300
The imaginary line that Churchill said had descended upon Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
300
This war was very controversial in America. It took place after the Korean War. America was again trying to prevent the spread of Communism.
What is the Vietnam War?
300
This country was trying to "contain" (control) Communism by keeping it out of Western Europe and the rest of the world.
What is the United States?
300
The president who avoided the Cuban Missile Crisis, the closest the world ever came to a nuclear war.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
300
This occurred as a result of Mao Tse Tung's revolutionary ideas in China; Chinese youth were "swept up" in the revolution.
What is the Cultural Revolution?
400
The type of economy associated with Communism
What is command economy?
400
This is how much the boundary between North Korea and South Korea changed after the Korean War.
What is NOT AT ALL?
400
Under this doctrine, the US pledged to help any nation threatened by Communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
400
The name of the last Tsar of Russia.
Who is Nicholas II?
400
This city in Germany was split into four parts after World War Two.
What is Berlin?
500
The Russian term that means "openness"; a program that Gorbachev introduced, along with perestroika (restructuring) that ultimately brought an end to the Cold War.
What is glasnost?
500
This country fought on the side of North Korea in the Korean War.
What is China?
500
The Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine and the fight against Communism can be labeled as ___________.
What is containment?
500
The Soviet leader who is responsible for policy that brought about an end to the Cold War