Origins and Endings
What conference in 1945 divided Germany into four zones of occupation controlled by the Allied powers?
Yalta Conference
What countries controlled West Germany and East Germany?
West: Great Britain, France, USA
East: USSR
Which two countries were divided into communist North and democratic South and led to proxy wars during the Cold War
Vietnam and Korea
This was launched by North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces and involved surprise attacks on major cities, towns, and American military bases in South Vietnam.
Despite the US being able to strike back and declare victory, it dealt a significant blow to American morale and support for the war effort,
Marked a turning point in the conflict and highlighted the resilience of communist forces.
Tet Offensive
What term describes the period of intense fear of communism in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s?
The red scare
This is the period of relaxed tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War
Detente
What term refers to the 1962 standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What were the South Vietnamese forces aligned with North Vietnam referred to as?
Vietcong or the National Liberation Front (NLF)
The massive humanitarian operation undertaken by the Western Allies from 1948 to 1949 to supply West Berlin with food, fuel, and other necessities via air transport during the Soviet blockade?
Berlin Airlift
What was the the military strategy employed by the Vietcong, characterized by hit-and-run tactics and ambushes?
Guerrilla warfare
This Foreign policy aimed at containing the spread of communism by providing economic and military aid to greece and turkey
Truman Doctrine
What was the name of the failed attempt by the United States to overthrow Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba in 1961?
Bay of Pigs
North Vietnamese Communists troops are known as...
Vietminh or the League of Independence for Vietnam
this policy aimed to gradually withdraw American troops from Vietnam while increasing the combat capability of the South Vietnamese forces
Vietnamization
What is the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve milestones in space exploration?
The Space Race
This was the series of negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union aimed at reducing nuclear arms
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
This policy, formulated in 1950, aimed to provide recommendations for containing the spread of communism
NSC-68 Policy
Who is the Communist leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
Ho Chi Minh
What was the agreement that temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel after the French defeat in 1954
Geneva Accords
What was the name of the Soviet satellite that became the first man-made object to orbit the Earth in 1957?
Sputnik
This was the American initiative launched in 1948 to provide economic assistance to rebuild post-war Western European countries
Marshall plan
New Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev made two reforms which were:
Glasnost (Openness) and Perestroika (Restructuring)
Who is the South Vietnamese leader
Ngo Dinh Diem
What was the result of the Berlin Airlift
Stalin finally ended the blockade, realizing the West was still intent on uniting their zones.
Despite the airlift’s success, Berlin and Germany remained divided.
What was the name of the military alliance formed by Western European countries and the United States to counter Soviet aggression?
NATO