Cold War in Asia
This war resulted in an armistice and a country that remains split to this day
The Korean War
What the US and USSR were called during the Cold War
Superpowers
US agency responsible for space exploration
NASA
The only country to have successfully landed people on the moon
The United States
The communist half of Korea
North Korea
The metaphorical boundary seperating western and eastern Europe
The Iron Curtain
Idea that if one nation decides to use nuclear weapons both the attacker and defender will be destroyed
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
The revolutionary leader who overthrew Fulgencio Batista and became the new dictator of Cuba
Fidel Castro
The leader of Vietnamese independence groups like the Viet Minh and the Viet Cong
Ho Chi Minh
97-mile long concrete wall separating East and West Berlin
Berlin Wall
Domino Theory
The first American in space
Alan Shepherd
Also called "unconventional," this style of warfare was known for surprise attacks and small groups of soldiers attacking larger ones
Guerrilla warfare
Alliance between the Soviet Union and other eastern European countries
Warsaw Pact
Named after a president, this policy stated that the U.S. would provide financial and even military assistance to nations it believed were threatened by communism
Truman Doctrine
A confrontation between the US and USSR that could have led to nuclear war; resulted from the USSR wanting to put missiles on an island close to the US
Cuban Missile Crisis
Literally meaning "Vietnamese communist," this guerrilla group fought against South Vietnam and the United States
Viet Cong
The alliance between the US and western European nations
NATO
Space race
The United States' plan if attacked by the Soviet Union