Cold War Reveiw Flashcards
Rivalry between US & Soviet Union fighting for world domination
Cold War
Govt. has total control
Communism
Flying supplies into Berlin to help those in need
Airlift
Commie North Korea invaded South Korea
Korean War
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, made to stop communism
NATO
anti-commie senator who scared Americans about communism
Joseph McCarthy
Dictator of the Soviet Union after Stalin, planned Cuban missile crisis
Nikita Khrushchev
Symbolic boundary that divided Europe into 2
Iron Curtain
Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba and aimed at them at the USA
Cuban Missile Crisis
Wall that divided East Berlin (commies) and West Berlin
Berlin Wall
West & East Germany finally reunited
German Reunification
Cold War starts
1945
1950
Korean War stars, North Korea invaded South Korea
1961
Berlin Wall is built
What was the Cold War?
A 45 year long conflict between the US and Soviet Union
The difference between a communist and capitalist government
Communist- govt. in total control
Capitalist- people decide everything
What country was divided into 4 parts after WWII
Germany
Why was the NATO established
To promise democracy + stop communism
What impact did space exploration have on the world
- Space travel and NASA was a thing
2. They were able to watch actual history on TV
Areas in Germany that were occupied by the Soviet Union
Occupation Zones
Areas in Germany with high tension between communists and non-communists
Hot spots
When did the Soviet Union collapse and wasn’t a thing anymore?
1991
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
3 years with no progress + a truce (Korea is still divided to this day)
What was unique about this division
Berlin (the German capital) was controlled by the Soviet Union
What was the outcome of the Vietnam war?
South Vietnam and the USA lose and all of Vietnam fell into communism
