Cold War Review

Question 1

Cold War

Answer 1

Rivalry between US and Soviet Union fighting for world domination

Question 2

Communism

Answer 2

Government has total control

Question 3

Airlift

Answer 3

Flying supplies into Berlin to help those in need

Question 4

Korean

Answer 4

Communist North Korea invaded South Korea

Question 5

NATO

Answer 5

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, made to stop communism

Question 6

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 6

Anti communist senator who scared Americans about communism

Question 7

Nikita Khrushchev

Answer 7

Dictator of the Soviet Union after Stalin, planned Cuban missed crisis

Question 8

Iron Curtain

Answer 8

Symbolic boundary that’s divided Europe into 2

Question 9

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 9

Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba and aimed them at the USA

Question 10

Vietnam War

Answer 10

Communist North Vietnam fought South Vietnam

Question 11

Berlin Wall

Answer 11

Wall that divided east Berlin ( communists) and West Berlin

Question 12

German Renuification

Answer 12

West and East Germany finally reunited

Question 13

What happened in 1945

Answer 13

Cold War Starts

Question 14

What happened in 1950

Answer 14

Korean War Starts ; North Korea invades South Korea

Question 15

What happened in 1961

Answer 15

Berlin Wall is built

Question 16

What was the Cold War

Answer 16

45 year long conflict of distrust between Us and Soviet Union

Question 17

What are the differences between a communist and a capitalist government

Answer 17

Communist: government in total control
Capitalist: people in control

Question 18

What was the iron curtain

Answer 18

Invisible line that divided communists and non communist countries in Europe

Question 19

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 19

Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba and pointed them at the USA

Question 20

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end

Answer 20

Peaceful agreement to remove all nuclear missiles from Cuba and Turkey

Question 21

What was the Korean War

Answer 21

Civil War in which North Korea invaded South Korea

Question 22

What was the outcome of the Korean War

Answer 22

After 3 years and no progress a truce was called. Korea is still dived to this day

Question 23

What country was divided into four parts after WW1

Answer 23

Germany

Question 24

What was unique about this division

Answer 24

Berlin, the German capital was controlled by the Soviet Union

Question 25

What was the Berlin Airlift

Answer 25

The US and it’s allies used planes to air drop food and supplies to the starving people of West Berlin who were trapped by the Soviets

Question 26

What was built to divide East and West Berlin

Answer 26

Berlin Wall

Question 27

What caused the arms race between the US and USSR

Answer 27

Each Country wanted a strong military presence an a global scale

Question 28

What was NATO established

Answer 28

To promote democracy and stop the spread of communism

Question 29

Who was Nikita Khrushchev

Answer 29

The Soviet dictator who put the missiles in Cuba and pointed them at the US

Question 30

What was the Vietnam War

Answer 30

South Vietnam and USA lose. All of the Vietnam fell into communism

Question 31

Who was Joseph McCarthy

Answer 31

US senator who scared people with his false claim of communism, caused the Red Scare

Question 32

What did the television change American society

Answer 32

Allowed Americans to “see” what’s happening around the world instead of relying on the radio

Question 33

What impact did space exploration have on the world

Answer 33

1. Space Travel becomes a thing, along with NASA

2. People become able to watch actual history from their TV’s

Question 34

What were occupation zones

Answer 34

Areas in Germany that were occupied by the Soviet Union

Question 35

What were hot spots

Answer 35

Areas in Germany with high tension between communists and non communists

Question 36

What happened in 1991

Answer 36

Soviet Union collapses and isn’t a thing anymore