8.1: A New Global Conflict

Question 1

superpower

Answer 1

nation with the economic resources and military might to dominate the globe

Question 2

Cold War

Answer 2

a state of tension and hostility between nations aligned with the US on one side, and the Soviet Union on the other side

Question 3

Truman Doctrine

Answer 3

rooted in the idea of containment

Question 4

containment

Answer 4

limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control

Question 5

Marshall Plan

Answer 5

the US funneled food and economic assistance to Europe to help countries rebuild

Question 6

NATO

Answer 6

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 7

Warsaw Pact

Answer 7

included the Soviet Union and seven satellites in Eastern Europe

Question 8

detente

Answer 8

relaxation of tensions

Question 9

Fidel Castro

Answer 9

organized an armed rebellion against the corrupt dictator who then ruled Cuba

Question 10

John F. Kennedy

Answer 10

president of the US who backed a plan by anti-Castro exiles to invade Cuba and lead an uprising against Castro

Question 11

idealogy

Answer 11

value of systems and beliefs

Question 12

Nikita Khrushchev

Answer 12

Soviet leader right after Stalin

Question 13

Leonid Brezhnev

Answer 13

Khrushchev’s successor