Cold War

Question 1

Who was the Cold War between?

Answer 1

U.S. and Soviet Union

Question 2

When did the Cold War start and end?

Answer 2

It started at the end of WWll in 1945. It lasted about 45 years.

Question 3

The Cold War was mostly a war with words and ideas. There was no fighting. True or False.

Answer 3

True!

Question 4

What does domestic refer to?

Answer 4

Our country

Question 5

Was the Cold War a combat war?

Answer 5

No, the Cold War was mostly a war with no direct military fighting between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

Question 6

How did the U.S.’s role in the Cold War change others?

Answer 6

We influenced domestic and international events.

Question 7

What is communism?

Answer 7

An economic system in which the government controls production and owns the nation’s natural and capital resources.

Question 8

What is capitalism?

Answer 8

An economic system in which ordinary people and businesses control the production of goods and services.

Question 9

What did the Red Scare/McCarthyism cause in America?

Answer 9

Panic in America over the fear of communism in the country.

Question 10

What does the term Iron Curtain refer to?

Answer 10

The imaginary line symbolizing the differences between the communist and free world.

Question 11

Who came up with the term Iron Curtain?

Answer 11

Winston Churchill

Question 12

What did the Cold War lead to?

Answer 12

Competition in sports, particularly the Olympics, between communist and non-communist participants.

Question 13

Why did the U.S. and the Soviet Union get madder at each other?

Answer 13

U.S. policies

Question 14

What major events happened during President Harry Truman’s term(s)?

Answer 14

-Containment-1947 -Truman Doctrine-1947 -Marshall Plan-1948 -The Berlin Blockade and Airlift (1948) -NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)-1949

Question 15

What major events happened during President Dwight Eisenhower’s term(s)?

Answer 15

Warsaw Pact-1955 (the U.S. was not part of this, but it happened when Eisenhower was President)

Question 16

What major events happened during President John F. Kennedy’s term(s)?

Answer 16

-Berlin Wall-1961 -Bay of Pigs-1961 -Cuban Missile Crisis-1962

Question 17

What countries had conflicts because of the Cold War?

Answer 17

Korea and Vietnam

Question 18

What new technologies were developed during the Cold War?

Answer 18

Space Race Weapons of mass destruction (Arms Race) Emphasis on teaching math and science

Question 19

What city in the U.S. helped with the Space Race during the Cold War?

Answer 19

Huntsville

Question 20

What ended the Cold War?

Answer 20

The collapse of communism in the Soviet Union

Question 21

What was the iron curtain ?

Answer 21

The political and military barrier made by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself from the other Allies

Question 22

What does containment mean?

Answer 22

The action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence

Question 23

What does Cold War mean?

Answer 23

A state of political tension between countries made by threats, propaganda, and other short warfare.

Question 24

What does airlift mean?

Answer 24

An act of transporting supplies by aircraft, typically in a blockade or other emergency.

Question 25

What does capitalism mean?

Answer 25

An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.

Question 26

What does domestic mean?

Answer 26

Occurring inside a particular country, not foreign or international.

Question 27

What does espionage mean?

Answer 27

Spying typically by governments to obtain political and military information.

Question 28

What was the Arms race ?

Answer 28

When countries increase their military resources to gain superiority over one another

Question 29

What is a Nuclear War?

Answer 29

A military conflict that deploys nuclear weaponry.

Question 30

What is Anti- communism?

Answer 30

A political group that opposes communism