A time during which one country builds up weapons to protect itself against another country.
What is an arms race?
100
Prime Minister __ said that "an Iron Curtain had descended across Europe".
Who is Winston Churchill?
100
The ___ was an imaginary line between communist countries of Eastern Europe and the free countries of the west?
What is the Iron Curtain?
100
Even before the end of World War II, tensions were building between __ and __. They had different ideas about government and economics.
What is the United States and the Soviet Union?
100
To use ships to isolate a port or island.
What is a blockade?
200
A temporary end to a conflict.
What is a cease-fire?
200
Senator ___ headed a movement to do away with communists in American government and society.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
200
After World War II, Korea was divided in half and was ___.
Split into North Korea and South Korea. North Korea was communist. South Korea was democratic.
200
The United States has a __ type of government.
What is democratic?
200
Limiting the number of weapons that each nation may have.
What is arms control?
300
A country that does not have modern conveniences such as good housing, roads, schools, and hospitals.
What is a developing country?
300
___ took power in the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. He began a challenge with the U.S. that almost started a nuclear war. (Hint: Cuban Missile Crisis)
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
300
Over a period of about 6 months in the late 1940s, U.S. and British planes flew food and supplies into democratic West Berlin. What was this even called?
What is the Berlin Airlift?
300
The economic system in the United States is called ___.
What is free enterprise?
300
A political and economic system in which all industries, land, and businesses are owned by the government.
What is communism?
400
Person who supported the Vietnam War.
What is a hawk?
400
President ___ promised to help any country that the Soviet Union tried to turn communist.
Who is Harry Truman?
400
A major symbol of communism that was torn down in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
400
The government owns all stores, factories, farms, banks, utilities, transportation systems, and so on. What type of government is this?
What is communist?
400
A person who was against the Vietnam War.
What is a dove?
500
An easing of tensions, especially between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is détente?
500
In 1949, China became the People's Republic of China. Communist leader ___ became dictator.
Who is Mao Zedong?
500
What did the Soviet Union do after the end of World War II that led to the Cold War?
They took over many countries and turned them into communist countries.
500
The government owns major industries such as banks, airlines, railroads, and power plants. The people own stores, farms, and most factories. What type of government is this?
What is socialist?
500
A nation that is one of the most powerful in the world.