Cold War Basics
This U.S. policy was meant to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
This metaphor described the division between communist Eastern Europe and the democratic West.
Soviet troops helped install communist governments in these European nations after WWII.
What are nuclear weapons?
This war divided a peninsula at the 38th parallel and never officially ended.
What is the Korean War?
In this type of economy, the government controls all major decisions.
What is a command economy?
This U.S. president introduced the doctrine that the U.S. would aid countries resisting communism.
Who is Harry Truman?
This city was split by a wall built in 1961 to prevent escapes from East to West.
What is Berlin?
These talks between the superpowers aimed to reduce nuclear weapons.
What are disarmament talks?
North Korea invaded this country, prompting U.N. intervention.
What is South Korea?
In contrast, this economy is driven by consumer choices and private ownership.
What is a market economy?
This term described the relaxed tensions between the U.S. and the USSR in the 1970s.
What is detente?
This military alliance was led by the Soviet Union and its satellite states.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
The Cold War ended in part due to reforms by this Soviet leader.
Who is Gorbachev?
This Chinese leader turned China into a communist state.
Who is MaoZedong?
Compared to the USSR, the U.S. had more of this kind of economic feature.
What is economic freedom?
This 1962 event brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The U.S., Canada, and 10 other countries formed this alliance in 1949.
What is NATO?
The Soviet invasion of this country in 1979 ended the period of détente.
What is Afghanistan?
This economic campaign by Mao led to widespread famine.
The U.S. avoided war with the USSR partly because of this terrifying possibility.
What is mutually assured destruction?
This economic plan gave aid to rebuild Europe after WW2.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Soviet troops helped install communist governments in these European nations after WWII.
What is the Eastern Bloc?
These two policies by Gorbachev aimed to reform the Soviet Union.
What are glasnost and perestroika?
Despite being communist, China’s relationship with this country was uneasy.
What is the Soviet Union?
The Soviet Union spread this system of beliefs around the world.
What is ideology?