Cold War

Question 1

Cold War

Answer 1

50 year, non-figthing war between countries with communist & mixed economies.

Question 2

Communism

Answer 2

the government completely controls the economy, no private ownership of anything, command economy

Question 3

Capitalism

Answer 3

no rules, private ownership of everything. Laissez-faire, Market economy. (complete opposite of communism)

Question 4

Mixed Market economy

Answer 4

some private & some government ownership. A mix between command & market economies.

Question 5

Containment

Answer 5

Stop the spread of communism

Question 6

Truman Doctrine

Answer 6

U.S. will help any country resisting Communism

Question 7

Marshall Plan

Answer 7

U.S. plan to rebuild Europe after WW2

Question 8

Berlin Blockade

Answer 8

soviets cut off access to West Berlin

Question 9

Berlin Airlift (response to Berlin Blockade)

Answer 9

U.S. and Great Britain dropped supplies into West Berlin during the Berlin Blockade.

Question 10

Berlin Wall

Answer 10

Soviet-built wall divided 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

Contianment 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

M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction)

Answer 17

• part of brinkmanship that prevented a nuclear war

- both sides knew that no one would win in a nuclear war- everyone would be killed

Question 18

Cuban Missle Crisis

Answer 18

-Soviet Union tried to put nuclear missiles in
Cuba to use against the U.S.A
-Almost resulted in nuclear war

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

president 1953-1961

Question 22

Prosperity

Answer 22

Living well, high standard of living

Question 23

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 23

Senator of US, accuses people of communism

Question 24

McCarthyism

Answer 24

accusing people of disloyalty without evidence

Question 25

Blacklist

Answer 25

to ban someone- accused of being communist were kept from jobs

Question 26

covert

Answer 26

done in secret