cold war vocabulary

Question 1

Laissez-Faire

Answer 1

a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.

Question 2

Berlin Wall

Answer 2

The Berlin Wall was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961. The wall separated East Berlin and West Berlin. When it was knocked down this symbolized the end of the Cold War.

Question 3

Communist

Answer 3

country, ruled by a dictator, who cared little about human rights.

Question 4

Democracy

Answer 4

valued freedom.

Stalin wanted huge reparations from Germany

Question 5

Truman Doctrine

Answer 5

the United States helped nations that were threatened by communism.

Question 6

Reparations

Answer 6

from Germany, and a ‘buffer’ of friendly states to protect the USSR from being invaded again.

Question 7

marshall plans

Answer 7

in 1947. This plan gave food and other aid to European countries to help them recover from the war.

Question 8

Berlin Wall

Answer 8

The United States and Britain responded with the Berlin airlift. On June 24, the Soviet Union made a bid for control of Berlin by blockading all land access to the city. From June 1948 to May 1949, U.S. and British planes airlift 1.5 million tons of supplies to the residents of West Berlin. After 200,000 flights, flying food and supplies into the city for 11 months. Finally, the Soviets lifted the blockade.

Question 9

Containment

Answer 9

blocking the Soviets from spreading communism

Question 10

Berlin Airlift

Answer 10

The United States and Britain responded with the Berlin airlift. On June 24, the Soviet Union made a bid for control of Berlin by blockading all land access to the city. From June 1948 to May 1949, U.S. and British planes airlift 1.5 million tons of supplies to the residents of West Berlin. After 200,000 flights, flying food and supplies into the city for 11 months. Finally, the Soviets lifted the blockade.

Question 11

Warsaw Pact

Answer 11

In 1949, the Soviet Union announced that it had developed an atomic bomb.

Question 12

NATO

Answer 12

NATO was a military alliance. Each nation promised to defend any other member that was attacked

Question 13

Brinkmanship

Answer 13

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world’s first human-made satellite.

Question 14

Sputnik

Answer 14

the world’s first human-made satellite. Many people were shocked. Americans felt that the Soviets were far ahead in science and technology.

Question 15

Arms Race

Answer 15

The U-2 incident brought more tension. The United States sent planes, called U-2 planes, to spy over Soviet territory. One was shot down in 1960.