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Cold War
Review of Standard 7-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the imaginary political line that divides the communist east from the democratic west in Europe? | Iron Curtain |
| The Cold War was a competition between what two superpowers? | USA and USSR |
| This was the political and economic struggle between the US and the USSR? | Cold War |
| The Cold War followed after this major world war? | World War II |
| The United States favored the spread of this government to land once controlled by the Axis powers? | Democracy |
| The Soviet Union favored the spread of this government to land once controlled by the Axis powers? | Communism |
| This dictator promised to allow free elections to land once controlled by Axis powers, but lied? | Joseph Stalin |
| This word means to stop, or hold back, the spread of communism? | containment |
| President Harry Truman made a speech to stop the spread of communism called? | Truman Doctrine |
| The race to conquer outer space is known as this? | Space Race |
| The USSR put the first satellite in space called this? | Sputnik |
| The US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldridge were the first to walk on this heavenly body? | the Moon |
| This plan promised to pump billions to stop the spread of communism? | Marshall Plan |
| This event is when the US used planes to drop food and supplies to West Berlin due to a Soviet blockade? | Berlin Airlift |
| This long structure stood for 30 years to prevent citizens from East Berlin from escaping to West Berlin ? | Berlin Wall |
| An organization that protected democratic countries around the world? | NATO |
| An organization that protected communist countries around the world? | Warsaw Pact |
| An international organization that replaced the League of Nations that prevented future world wars was called this? | United Nations |
| Communism is found in this part of Europe? | Eastern |
| Democracy is found in this part of Europe? | Western |
| The UN was designed to prevent this war from occurring? | World War III |
| What country put the first man in space? | USSR |
| This Russian word means "freedom of speech?" | Glasnost |
| This Russian word means "private ownership?" | Perestroika |
| Communism and the Soviet Union collapsed in this year? | 1991 |
| This conflict led to a 'stalemate' where the country was left divided at the 38th parallel with a communist north and democratic south? | Korean War |
| This conflict forced American forces to leave due to its unpopularity amongs young Americans and secret advances by the communist Vietcong? | Vietnam War |
| The Chinese civil war was a conflict between the Nationalists and this group? | Communists |
| US spy planes discovered Soviet missiles on this island, which led to a US blockade upon removal? | Cuba |
| This Communist group made an American victory in Vietnam difficult due to their usage of tunnels and sneak attacks in regular clothing? | Vietcong |
| This country outproduced more nuclear weapons than the US during the Cold War? | USSR |
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