Berlin blockade
The four countries that controlled post-war Berlin.
What are the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union?
The Soviet Union launched this satellite in 1957.
What is Sputnik?
The U.S. foreign policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism.
What is containment?
Truman’s firm declaration: “We will stay in Berlin, period.” represents this Cold War strategy.
What is containment?
The Space Race helped inspire advances in this area of education.
What is science and math?
The Soviet goal behind the Berlin Blockade.
What is forcing the Allies out of Berlin and stopping Western influence?
The American agency created in response to Sputnik.
What is NASA?
The opposite ideology of capitalism in the Cold War.
What is communism?
The iconic quote, “One small step for man…” was said during this event.
What is the Moon landing?
The Berlin Airlift improved the U.S. image as a defender of this.
What is freedom?
This massive operation delivered supplies to West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The Cold War ideology that the U.S. hoped to prove superior through space success.
What is capitalism?
The Soviet Union's economic and political system.
What is a command economy and single-party state?
This Cold War leader gave speeches defending U.S. presence in Berlin.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
The Cold War left Germany divided until this year.
What is 1990?
The U.S. President who stood firm during the blockade.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
The first person to walk on the Moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
A military alliance formed in 1949 in response to Soviet aggression.
What is NATO?
This type of Cold War propaganda was often used in posters and broadcasts to promote national pride and demonize the enemy.
What is ideological propaganda?
The Space Race helped lead to these modern technologies (name one).
What is GPS or satellite communication?
The year the Berlin Blockade ended.
What is 1949?
This year the U.S. landed astronauts on the Moon.
What is 1969?
This term describes efforts to expand a nation’s influence or ideology.
What is expansionism?
The Cold War event associated with Neil Armstrong’s famous quote.
What is the Space Race?
The Cold War ideological conflict still shapes this global rivalry today.
What is U.S.-Russia relations?