Cold War (MI 8.1.1) Flashcards
This cold war superpower was capitalist and democratic
The USA
This cold was superpower was a communist dictatorship
The USSR / Soviet Union
The system of the government sharing things equally among the people is called…
Communism
The system of people competing for wealth freely, making some rich and some poor, is called…
Capitalism
The two “superpowers” in the Cold War were
The USA and the USSR
The winners of World War 2 were…
The Allies (USA, UK, USSR)
The United Nations was created to…
Prevent another world war
The weapon everyone was afraid of during the Cold War -
Nuclear bombs / atomic bombs
Under this program, the US sent billions of dollars of aid to Europe
Marshall Plan
The line dividing Europe into East and West was called…
The Iron Curtain
Stopping Communism from expanding, but letting it stay where it is
The Containment Policy
At the end of World War 2, this nation had nuclear weapons used against it
Japan (at Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
The Space Race
A race between the US and USSR to achieve things in space (satellites, man in space, etc). Ended when the US put a man on the moon.
The Arms Race
The US and the USSR raced to build more powerful nuclear bombs, as well as larger numbers of them.
During the Cold War, people feared
Being hit with a nuclear bomb and being killed instantly
