This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communist
What is the Korean War?
100
What country was trying to contain communism?
What is the United States?
100
This couple was executed for passing secret atomic weapons information to the Soviet Union.
Who are the Rosenbergs?
100
The art of going to the edge of war without actually getting into war which was part of the U.S. policy during the Cold War.
What is brinkmanship?
100
This is the organization that constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
What is NATO?
200
This city became center stage for the Cold War after it was divided into four zones following WWII.
What is Berlin?
200
The purpose of this $13 billion aid package to countries in Western Europe was to prevent them from turning to communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
200
What is an ICBM?
What is an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile?
200
The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1947?
What is Sputnik?
200
The committee that was formed in the U.S. by the House of Representatives as an investigative agency who looked for communist in the U.S.
What is House Committee of Un-American Activities (HUAC)?
300
North Korea and South Korea are divided at this line.
What is the 38th parallel or DMZ?
300
This policy was instilled to fight communism (Turkey and Greece) and promote democracy in 1947.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
300
An underground shelter built to protect from the aftermath of a nuclear attack.
What is a fallout shelter?
300
This man became the first cosmonaut in space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
300
The agency under the United States government that was developed in 1958 and is in charge of the nation's public space?
What is NASA?
400
These two political ideologies battled for influence during the Cold War.
What are communism and democracy?
400
The Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and the fight against communism can be labeled forms of this
What is containment?
400
The name of the U.S. spy plane that got shot down over the Soviet Union.
What is U-2?
400
President of the U.S. from 1952-1960.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
400
This Eastern European military alliance was formed in 1955.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
500
This was the U.S. and British response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1946.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
500
Senator Joseph McCarthy spread suspicion about people being communists but never could prove anything. In the end he was _______ by the Senate.
What is censored?
500
These are what the U.S and Russia were building in competition of each other.
What are nuclear weapons?
500
This drill was practiced in schools across the U.S. just in case of a nuclear attack by the Soviets.
What is Duck and Cover?
500
The 1947 National Security Act set up this agency to collect information on foreign governments, corporations, and individuals for government purposes such as safety.