Cold War Overview
A state of political tension and military rivalry between the USA and the USSR based on Communism vs. Capitalism.
What is the Cold War and the two ideals that were in conflict?
This 1962 crisis brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war over the placement of missiles.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What was the name of the policy of racial segregation and discrimination that was practiced in South Africa?
What was the Apartheid?
What was the name of the movement led by Ho Chi Minh that fought for Vietnamese independence from French colonial rule?
The Viet Minh
This term refers to the policy of containing the spread of communism, a key aspect of the Cold War.
What is containment?
The alliance formed by the United States and Western European nations to counter Soviet power.
What was NATO?
This failed US-backed invasion of Cuba in 1961, aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro, is known as what?
What is the Bay of Pigs?
This agreement, signed in 1972, aimed to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons but ultimately failed to prevent the arms race.
What was the SALT I Treaty?
This Indian leader led the independence movement against British rule through nonviolent resistance.
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
Name two major international organizations that played a role in the rise of anti-colonialism and decolonization.
What is the U.N. and the League of Nations?
This movement emerged as a third force in international politics, seeking to remain independent from the superpowers during the Cold War.
What is the Non-Aligned Movement?
This war, fought in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, saw the United States attempt to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.
What was the Vietnam War?
This alliance, a response to NATO, consisted of the Soviet Union and other communist Eastern European nations.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This country gained independence from France after a long and bloody war led by Ho Chi Minh.
What was Vietnam?
This term refers to the process by which colonies gained independence from their imperial rulers.
This organization, formed in 1945, played a key role in the decolonization process, promoting self-determination.
What is the United Nations?
This war, fought in the 1950s, saw the United Nations forces, primarily the US, attempt to prevent the spread of communism on this peninsula.
What is the Korean War?
This term refers to the Soviet Union's failed attempt to blockade West Berlin in 1948-1949?
What is The Berlin Blockade?
This country, formerly known as the Gold Coast, was the first British colony in Africa to gain independence.
What is Ghana?
The name of the policy of maintaining a large stockpile of nuclear weapons to deter potential adversaries from attacking?
What is mutually assured destruction (MAD)?
The end of the Cold War led to the collapse of this superpower and the reunification of this country.
What is the Soviet Union and Germany?
The name of the conflict in which the US and the Soviet Union supported opposing sides without directly fighting each other, fought in Afghanistan?
What is the Soviet-Afghan War?
This US-led economic aid program, designed to rebuild Western Europe after World War II, was named after this Secretary of State.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This African country gained independence from Portugal after a long and brutal war.
What was Angola?
This Soviet leader, who oversaw the end of the Cold War, is known for his policies of perestroika and glasnost.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?