Vocab Part One
A concrete barrier that separated East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, built to keep people in East Berlin.
State of hostilities between USSR and US without any direct warfare.
Cold War
Berlin was split into what two sections?
East and West Berlin
In both Vietnam and Korea which was the communist side? (North or South?)
North
The war with this country bankrupted the Soviet Union.
Afghanistan
Government by the people, exercised through elected representatives.
Democracy
A war with active military hostilities.
Hot War
Why did the Berlin Airlift have to occur?
The Soviets wouldn't allow supplies into West Berlin
During the Vietnam War, give me one reason why people did not support the war.
Didn't agree with it; People could see how terrible war was; Young people didn't want to go; People did not want to see their family and friends die in war.
What event signaled that the end of the Cold War was coming?
The Fall of Berlin Wall
The use of ambush tactics by small, mobile groups of irregular forces during an active war.
Guerrilla Warfare
Economic and political system in which the state (government) owns the means of production and profits are distributed equally to the people.
Communism
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
To keep the sides away from each other / To keep people in East Berlin from going into West Berlin
How did the Korean War start?
North Korea attacked South Korea to try to unify the peninsula.
Russia became what type of government after the Soviet Union broke up.
Democracy/Oligarchy
Military Alliance with the United States, United Kingdom, France, and other democratic countries following WWII.
NATO
a 20th-century competition between two countries: the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), to achieve superior spaceflight capability.
Space Race
The Arms race was when the US and Soviets competed in what area?
To see who can produce more nuclear weapons and new weapons.
Why did the US get involved in both Korea and Vietnam?
Throughout the Cold War, what event was the closest we came to a Nuclear War?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Defense treaty among the Soviet Union and their communist countries.
Warsaw Pact
Policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring countries.
Domino Effect
What was one accomplishment from the Soviets in Space.
What was one accomplishment from the US in Space.
Soviets = First person to orbit the Earth; First satellite in space.
US = First person on the moon.