Cold war

Question 1

Proxy wars

Answer 1

A war instigated by a major power which does not itself become involved.

Question 2

Communist

Answer 2

Communism is a political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society in which the major means of production, such as mines and factories, are owned and controlled by the public.

Question 3

Democracy

Answer 3

Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

Question 4

Truman Doctrine

Answer 4

To provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.

Question 5

Reparations

Answer 5

Compensation in money, material, labor, etc., payable by a defeated country to another country or to an individual for loss suffered during or as a result of war.

Question 6

Marshall Plan

Answer 6

Any comprehensive program for federally supported economic assistance, as for urban renewal.

Question 7

Berlin Wall

Answer 7

Communist government (East) wanted to stop people from fleeing to West Germany.

Question 8

Containment

Answer 8

Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.

Question 9

Berlin Airlift

Answer 9

In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city.

Question 10

Warsaw Pact

Answer 10

The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO in 1955 .

Question 11

NATO

Answer 11

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries.

Question 12

Brinkmanship

Answer 12

Brinkmanship is the practice of trying to achieve an advantageous outcome by pushing dangerous events to the brink of active conflict.

Question 13

Sputnik

Answer 13

Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957.

Question 14

Arms Race

Answer 14

An arms race occurs when two or more nations compete in increases in military personnel and materiel.

Question 15

Domino Theory

Answer 15

The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall.

Question 16

Iron Curtain

Answer 16

A notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989.

Question 17

Totalitarianism

Answer 17

A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

Question 18

Capitalism

Answer 18

Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.

Question 19

Space Race

Answer 19

The Space Race was an informal 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States to achieve firsts in spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations following World War II.

Question 20

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 20

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 21

Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union?

Answer 21

Stalin ruled as absolute dictator of the Soviet Union throughout World War II and until his death in March 1953.

Question 22

Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?

Answer 22

The Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Communism

Question 24

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

Answer 24

The United States and the Soviet Union

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Communism