Cold War

Question 1

Cold War

Answer 1

50-year,Non-fighting war between
countries with Communist & Mixed
Economies

Question 2

Communism

Answer 2

Government completely controls the economy

NO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF ANYTHING

Question 3

Capitalism

Answer 3

Private ownership of everything—buyers and
sellers decide what gets made & who gets
what—laissez-faire

Question 4

Mixed Market Economy

Answer 4

some private & some government ownership

A mix of command & market economies

Question 5

Containment

Answer 5

Stop the spread of Communism

Question 6

Truman Doctrine

Answer 6

The U.S. will help any country resisting Communism

Question 7

Marshall Plan

Answer 7

U.S. Plan to Rebuild Europe after WWII

Question 8

Berlin Blockade

Answer 8

Soviets cut off access to West Berlin

Question 9

Berlin Airlift

Answer 9

U.S. & Great Britain dropped supplies into West

Berlin during the Berlin Blockade

Question 10

Berlin Wall

Answer 10

Soviet-built wall dividing East and West Berlin

Question 11

NATO

Answer 11

American Military Alliance against The Soviet

Union &Warsaw Pact

Question 12

Warsaw Pact

Answer 12

Soviet Military alliance against The U.S.A & NATO

Question 13

Korean War

Answer 13

Containment operation in Korea—1950-1953

Question 14

DOMINO THEORY

Answer 14

If one country falls to communism, others will

too. They will fall “like dominos.”

Question 15

Arms Race

Answer 15

Competition for the most destructive weapons

Question 16

Brinkmanship

Answer 16

Living on the edge of all-out nuclear war

Question 17

Mutually Assured Destruction

Answer 17

Part of Brinkmanship that prevented a nuclear war

Question 18

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 18

Soviet Union tried to put nuclear missiles in

Cuba to use against the USA

Question 19

Space Race

Answer 19

Competition for most

advanced space technology

Question 20

Sputnik

Answer 20

World’s first satellite—launched by U.S.S.R.

Question 21

Dwight Eisenhower

Answer 21

U.S. President—1953-1961