Cold war flashcards

Question 1

Proxy Wars

Answer 1

Indirect wars; never led to direct military engagement

Question 2

Communist

Answer 2

Dictator ruler/only 1 ruler; cares little about human rights

Question 3

Democracy

Answer 3

Values human rights or freedom/capitalist economic system, free elections, & competing political parties

Question 4

Truman Doctrine

Answer 4

The United States helped nations that were threatened by communism

Question 5

Reparations

Answer 5

To pay huge amounts of money for a wrong action

Question 6

Marshall Plan

Answer 6

This plan gave food and other aid to European countries to help them recover from the war

Question 7

Berlin Wall

Answer 7

Divides west and east Germany to stop people from fleeing western Germany

Question 8

Containment

Answer 8

Blocked the Soviets from spreading communism

Question 9

Berlin airlift

Answer 9

U.S and British planes airlift 1.5 million tons of supplies to the residents of west berlin

Question 10

Warshaw pact

Answer 10

The Soviets and countries of eastern Europe made a promise to defend any member that was attacked

Question 11

NATO

Answer 11

A military alliance that also promised to defend each other that the U.S was part of

Question 12

Brinkmanship

Answer 12

Both the U.S and the Soviets were willing to go to the brink, or edge, of war.

Question 13

Sputnik

Answer 13

Worlds first human-made satellite launched by the Soviet Union

Question 14

Arms Race

Answer 14

Both the U.S and the Soviet Union produced more and more nuclear weapons and developed ways to deliver them

Question 15

Domino Theory

Answer 15

If one nation turned to communism it will spread and other nations will turn to communism too

Question 16

Iron Curtain

Answer 16

Along the western border, communist governments were placed in certain lands

Question 17

Totalitarianism

Answer 17

The Soviet Union took control of all aspects of both public and private life

Question 18

Capitalism

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Space Race

Answer 19

The U.S began spending huge amounts of money to improve science education

Question 20

What does N.A.T.O stand for?

Answer 20

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 21

Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union?

Answer 21

Stalin

Question 22

Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?

Answer 22

What signaled the end of the cold war was when the Berlin wall was torn down

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 U.S and the Soviet Union

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Totalitarianism