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

a person who supports or believes in the principals of communism

Question 3

Democracy

Answer 3

a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives

Question 4

Truman Doctrine

Answer 4

policy of providing aid to help foreign countries fight communism

Question 5

Reparations

Answer 5

the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged

Question 6

Marshall Plan

Answer 6

program under which the U.S. gave aid to Western European countries to rebuild and stabilize their economies

Question 7

Berlin Wall

Answer 7

a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989

Question 8

Containment

Answer 8

goal of preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence

Question 9

Berlin Airlift

Answer 9

a military operation in the late 1940´s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany

Question 10

Warsaw Pact

Answer 10

alliance between Soviet Union and Eastern European countries

Question 11

NATO

Answer 11

defensive military alliance of the U.S., Canada, and ten Western European nations

Question 12

Brinkmanship

Answer 12

the art of practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics

Question 13

Sputnik

Answer 13

each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which (launched on October 4, 1957) was the first satellite to be placed on orbit

Question 14

Arms Race

Answer 14

competition between U.S. and Soviet Union for greater military might

Question 15

Domino Theory

Answer 15

belief that if one Southeast Asian country fell to communism, it would lead to the fall of its neighbors

Question 16

Iron Curtain

Answer 16

a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and West prior the to 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

an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state

Question 19

Space Race

Answer 19

the competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration

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

Joseph Stalin

Question 22

Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?

Answer 22

Fall of The Berlin Wall

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