Cold War/korean War

Question 1

Domino theory

Answer 1

Idea that if a nation falls under communist control, the nearby countries will also fall underneath communist control

Question 2

Truman doctrine

Answer 2

Policy of the United States to support free people.

Question 3

Marshall plan

Answer 3

U.s provide aid to all European nations that needed it.

Question 4

Containment

Answer 4

Staying out of communist things

Contain communism

Question 5

Red scare

Answer 5

Promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism.

Extreme fear of communism

Question 6

NATO/Warsaw pact

Answer 6

Defensive military alliance (North Atlantic treaty organization) linked the Soviet Union and 7 Eastern European countries (communist countries)

Question 7

Satellite nations

Answer 7

Communist governments in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, & Poland

Question 8

Define the terms of how they explain US and soviet relations

Arms race

Answer 8

Race between the US and USSR for how fast we can produce weapons

Question 9

Define the terms of how they explain US and soviet relations

Mutually assured destruction

Answer 9

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Question 10

Define the terms of how they explain US and soviet relations

Brinkmanship

Answer 10

Ready to go to war at the smallest threat

Question 11

What were the primary cause of the Korean War?

Answer 11

North Korea invaded South Korea

Question 12

How did the United States get involved in the Korean War?

Answer 12

South Korea called the US to help stop the North Korea invasion.

Question 13

What was the result of the war?

Answer 13

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Question 14

What is the iron curtain and where on the globe would the iron curtain be found?

Answer 14

Invisible line through Eastern and Western European.

Located in the middle of Germany

Question 15

United Nations

Answer 15

Representatives of 50 nations met in San Francisco to establish this.