Cold War Vocabulary

Question 1

Laissez-Faire

Answer 1

A policy of letting things take their own course

Question 2

Communist

Answer 2

A person who supports in principles

Question 3

Democracy

Answer 3

A system of government by the whole population

Question 4

Truman Doctrine

Answer 4

The Principle that the US gives supports to countries

Question 5

Reparations

Answer 5

The making of amends for a wrong one

Question 6

Marshall Plan

Answer 6

The European recovery program

Question 7

Berlin Wall

Answer 7

A created wire barrier that separated east to west

Question 8

Containment

Answer 8

The action of keeping something harmful under control

Question 9

Berlin Airlift

Answer 9

A military operation that brought food to west Berlin by air

Question 10

Warsaw Pact

Answer 10

The Warsaw treaty organization

Question 11

NATO

Answer 11

The North Atlantic treaty organization

Question 12

Brinkmanship

Answer 12

The art of pursuing a dangerous policy

Question 13

Sputnik

Answer 13

Each of a series of soviet artificail

Question 14

Arms Race

Answer 14

A competition between nation for superiority

Question 15

Domino Theory

Answer 15

A theory that a political event in one country

Question 16

Iron Curtain

Answer 16

A national barrier separating the former soviet bloc and the west prior

Question 17

Totalitarianism

Answer 17

A system of government that is centralized

Question 18

Capitalism

Answer 18

An economic and political system

Question 19

Space Race

Answer 19

The competition between nations

Question 20

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 20

The North Atlantic treaty organization

Question 21

Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union?- Joseph Stalin

Answer 21

Bukharin,Tomsky,and Rykov

Question 22

Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?-Berlin wall coming down

Answer 22

The berlin was coming down

Question 23

A system where the government owns the factories and other natural resources AND controls the production of goods is known as _____________________. Communimsm

Answer 23

Ownership

Question 24

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

Answer 24

USA and Soviet Union

Question 25

Type of government where the government owns everything and makes all the decisions. Communism

Answer 25

Communism