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Cold War Pass Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the Cold War? | It was a conflict between the US and the Soviet Union, fought with ideas, words and money. |
| What is communism? | It is a political and economic system in which the government owns all of the businesses and land. |
| What was the Iron Curtain? | It was an imaginary line dividing Europe into communist and non-communist countries. |
| What is NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? | It was a military alliance with the nations of Western Europe to promise to help each other if there was an attack against the Soviet Union. |
| What were the causes of the Korean War? | It was caused by North Korea wanting South Korea to be communist. |
| What was McCarthyism? | It was a campaign started by a US senator named Joseph McCarthy to rid the US of communists. |
| What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? | It happened when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba aimed at the US. |
| What is the space race? | It was a competition between the US and the Soviet Union to explore space. |
| What is the arms race? | It was a competition between the US and the Soviet Union to have the most powerful weapons. |
| What is the Berlin Wall? | It was a barrier that separated the West Berlin from East Berlin because of communist beliefs. |
| What was the Vietnam War? | It was a conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam wanted South Vietnam to be communist. |
| What was Sputnik? | It was the first satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union. |
| Who was Neil Armstrong? | He was the first American man to walk on the moon. |
| What is OPEC? | It was created for the purpose of negotiating with oil companies on matters of oil production, prices and future concession rights. |
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