Cold War

Question 1

Cold War

Answer 1

Rivalry between the U.S. & the Soviet Union.

Question 2

Communism

Answer 2

Government has total control.

Question 3

Airlift

Answer 3

Flying supplies into Berlin to help those in need.

Question 4

Korean War

Answer 4

Communist North Korea invaded South Korea.

Question 5

N.A.T.O. (NATO)

Answer 5

North Atlantic Treaty Organization made to stop communism.

Question 6

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 6

Anti-communism senator who scared Americans about communism.

Question 7

Nikita Khruchchev

Answer 7

Dictator of the Soviet Union after Stalin, planned Cuban Missile Crisis.

Question 8

Iron Curtain

Answer 8

Symbolic boundary that divided Europe in 2.

Question 9

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 9

Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba and aimed them at the U.S.A.

Question 10

Vietnam War

Answer 10

Communist North Vietnam fought South Vietnam.

Question 11

What happened in 1945?

Answer 11

Cold War starts

Question 12

What happened in 1950?

Answer 12

Korean War starts; North Korea invades South Korea.

Question 13

What happened in 1961?

Answer 13

Berlin Wall is built.

Question 14

What was the Cold War?

Answer 14

A 45 year long conflict of distrust between U.S.A. and Soviet Union.

Question 15

What are differences between a communist and a capitalist government?

Answer 15

Communism= Government’s in total control
Capitalism= People in control

Question 16

What was the “Iron Curtain”?

Answer 16

Invisible line that divided communist and non-communist countries in Europe.

Question 17

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 17

Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba & pointed them at the U.S.A.

Question 18

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?

Answer 18

Peaceful agreement to remove all nuclear missiles in Cuba & Turkey.

Question 19

What was the Korean War?

Answer 19

Civil war in which North Korea invaded South Korea.

Question 20

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

Answer 20

After 3 years & no progress a truce was called. Korea is still divided to this day.

Question 21

What country was divided into four parts after World War II?

Answer 21

Germany

Question 22

What was unique about this division?

Answer 22

Berlin, the German Capitol, was controlled by the Soviet Union.

Question 23

What was the Berlin Airlift?

Answer 23

The U.S. & its allies used planes to air drop food & supplies to the starving ppl of West Berlin who were trapped by the Soviets.

Question 24

What was built to divide East Berlin and West Berlin?

Answer 24

Berlin Wall

Question 25

What caused the arms race between US and USSR?

Answer 25

Each country wanted a strong military presence on a global scale.