Cold war review

Question 1

What is a proxy war and what happened?

Answer 1

During the cold war proxy war was consider kind like a fear that the tension between The united states and soviet union will result in nuclear holocausts

Question 2

What is the Truman doctrine?

Answer 2

The Truman doctrine is when the united states said they will provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat of communism

Question 3

What are Reparations?

Answer 3

Reparations are payments that are made to cover damage or injury inflicted during a war

Question 4

Marshall plan

Answer 4

The Marshall plan was When the Us said they were going to give aid to all Western Europeans country after thew to stop communism

Question 5

Sputnik

Answer 5

The first satellite that was launch by the soviet union

Question 6

Containment

Answer 6

When the USA did everything in their power to stop communisms from spreading

Question 7

Domino Theory

Answer 7

The domino theory stated that if one country falls to communisms the country that where closer to them will fall to communisms also

Question 8

NATO

Answer 8

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries

Question 9

Brinkmanship

Answer 9

BrinkmanShip Brinkmanship is a foreign policy used in the Cold War which is where a country would push a dangerous issue or event to the edge looking for the best outcome for there side

Question 10

Berlin Wall

Answer 10

The Berlin Wall stood for nearly 30 years, splitting the city of Berlin into communist East Berlin and democratic West Berlin.

Question 11

Berlin airlift

Answer 11

It was when western countries delivered much needed food and supplies to the city of Berlin through the air because all other routes were blocked by the Soviet Union.

Question 12

Space race

Answer 12

when the soviet union and the USA was trying to out beat each other in created more technology

Question 13

Iron curtain

Answer 13

The iron curtain was the division of East Europe and western Europe

Question 14

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 14

N.A.T.O stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 15

Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union?

Answer 15

Joseph Stalin was the dictator

Question 16

Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?

Answer 16

The berlin wall

Question 17

The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of TWO global superpowers. What were those TWO superpowers?

Answer 17

The united states and the soviet union

Question 18

Red Scare

Answer 18

Citizens of the US began to fear communism. McCarthy hunted suspect communists in the US. Influence decreased after attacking patriotism of US army. Accused communists lost jobs. People were very paranoid.

Question 19

Arm Race

Answer 19

US and Soviet Union raced each other to match or top the other’s nuclear weapons

Question 20

Warsaw Pact

Answer 20

Formed by the Soviet Union. Similar to NATO