cold war

Question 1

Laissez-Faire

Answer 1

a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.

Question 2

Communist

Answer 2

The Soviet Union was a Communist country, ruled by a dictator, who cared little about human rights.

Question 3

Democracy

Answer 3

democracy which valued freedom.

Question 4

Truman Doctrine

Answer 4

Under the Truman Doctrine, the United States helped nations that were threatened by communism.

Question 5

Reparations

Answer 5

Stalin wanted huge reparations from Germany, and a ‘buffer’ of friendly states to protect the USSR from being invaded again.

Question 6

Marshall Plan

Answer 6

The United States also adopted the Marshall Plan in 1947. This plan gave food and other aid to European countries to help them recover from the war.

Question 7

Containment

Answer 7

Truman began a policy of containment—blocking the Soviets from spreading communism

Question 8

berlin airlift

Answer 8

The United States and Britain responded with the Berlin airlift

Question 9

Warsaw Pact

Answer 9

The Soviets and the countries of Eastern Europe made a similar agreement. It was called the Warsaw Pact.

Question 10

NATO

Answer 10

North Atlantic treaty organization

Question 11

Brinkmanship

Answer 11

Both sides were willing

to go to the brink, or edge, of war. This became known as brinkmanship.

Question 12

sputnik

Answer 12

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world’s first human-made satellite.

Question 13

Arms Race

Answer 13

competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Question 14

domino theory

Answer 14

one event leads to another event to happen

Question 15

Iron Curtain

Answer 15

Winston Churchill called this symbolic division the “iron curtain.”

Question 16

Totalitarianism

Answer 16

Under Stalin, the Soviet Union took control of all aspects of both public and private life

Question 17

Capitalism

Answer 17

An economic system in which money is invested with the goal of making more money (profit)

Question 18

space race

Answer 18

This era of scientific competition was known as the Space Race.

Question 19

In 1949 the United States and European countries worked together to form an alliance for protection against Communist aggression called N.A.T.O. What does N.A.T.O stand for?

Answer 19

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 20

Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union?-

Answer 20

Joseph Stalin

Question 21

Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?

Answer 21

Berlin wall coming down

Question 22

A system where the government owns the factories and other natural resources AND controls the production of goods is known as _____________________.

Answer 22

Communism

Question 23

The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of TWO global superpowers. What were those TWO superpowers?

Answer 23

USA AND Soviet Union

Question 24

Type of government where the government owns everything and makes all the decisions.

Answer 24

Communism