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2nd Europe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Satlite Nation | a nation controlled by the Soviet Union during the cold war |
| Containment | The US policy of limiting the spread of communism by fighting wars in strategic areas |
| the Iron Curtain | refered to the secretiveness of the Soviet Union durring the cold war |
| fall of the Berlin Wall | The event that ended the cold war |
| Nakita Kruchev | The leader of the Soviet Union during the majority of the cold war |
| Marshall Plan | The Us economic plan of aiding countries after WWII so that they would not fall to communims |
| What countries occupied west germany? | Britain, France and the US |
| Berlin was located in? | East Germany |
| the Berlin Airlift | The US and Briatin dropped supplies into West Berlin, It lasted a little over a year, It was successful because the USSR ended the blockade |
| Perestroika | the USSR allowing limited capitolism at the end of the cold war |
| Glasnost | The USSR's Policy of "openess of communication" to the West or the United States |
| The Euro | The currency of the European Union |
| What country was the first to put a person in space | The USSR |
| the arms race | It encouraged space exploration, The US and USSR had the ability to destroy the world several times over,Lead to the creation of ICBMs |
| The event that brought the world closest to WWIII was | The Cuban Missile Crisis |