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Vocabulary
Name that Person
Major Events
Cold War
Various
100
Preventing supplies and goods from coming in
What is a blockade
100
This President set up a policy of containment to prevent the further spread of Communism
Who is Truman
100
Tensions rising between the US & Russia that almost led to war was known as
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
100
Which government allied with North Korea in its attempt to take over South Korea?
Who is the Soviet Union
100
Soviet-based economic assistance program for Eastern European states was known as
What is Comecon
200
Strategy that built up the United States’ and the Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenals
What is an Arms Race
200
a left-wing revolutionary who set up a Soviet-supported totalitarian regime in Cuba.
Who is Fidel Castro
200
The U.S. would provide money to countries that were threatened by communist expansion.
What is the Truman Doctrine
200
At the end of World War II, which country refused to end its colonial rule in Vietnam?
Who is France
200
The Cold War was a war of ideas between which two ideologies?
What is Communism & Democracy.
300
The dividing line between Noreth & South Korea?
What is the 38th parallel
300
Chinese Communist leader who led the revolution against French Rule in Vietnam?
Who is Ho Chi Minh
300
A tactic used to overcome a Soviet blockade; delivered supplies
What is the Berlin Airlift
300
In 1945 the original agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States was to ________________ to unify Korea.
What is hold elections.
300
The “Bay of Pigs” refers to
What is the U.S. attempt to overthrow Cuba
400
A country that is economically and politically dependent on another country.
What is a Satellite state
400
Due to the U.S. failure in Vietnam, which President pledged to bring the U.S. out of the war?
Who is Richard Nixon
400
The ______________________________ became a striking symbol of the division between the two superpowers.
What is the Berlin Wall
400
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba if the United States would
What is not invade Cuba.
400
The Berlin Wall was built in order to
What is prevent people from East Germany from defecting.
500
An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
What is Capitalism
500
This President was responsible for the failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
Who is John F Kennedy
500
Name the three different types of "Influences"
What is economic, military and culture.
500
The Korean and Vietnam conflicts were attempts to carry out which foreign policy goal?
What is "Prevent the spread of communism".
500
In what way were Korea and Germany similar after World War II?
What is they were both divided. (North & South Korea) & East & West Germany)