Cold War Vocabulary

Question 1

Proxy Wars

Answer 1

Wars that are not directly to the opponent

Question 2

Communist

Answer 2

Where the government controls everything

Question 3

Democracy

Answer 3

Where the people believe in freedom

Question 4

Truman Doctrine

Answer 4

A law meaning the soviets cannot spread communism anymore

Question 5

Reparations

Answer 5

Fix what he or she has done wrong

Question 6

Marshall Plan

Answer 6

Giving food to the europeans to help them recover from the war.

Question 7

Berlin Wall

Answer 7

To divide the west and the east of germany

Question 8

Containment

Answer 8

Preventing a type of government form happening

Question 9

Berlin Airlift

Answer 9

The US and Britain gave a lot of supplies to west

Question 10

Warsaw Pact

Answer 10

A pact in the east of europe including the soviet union

Question 11

NATO

Answer 11

A pact in the west of europe including the united states

Question 12

Brinkmanship

Answer 12

Both sides were on edge of war

Question 13

Sputnik

Answer 13

The first artificial satellite created by the soviet union

Question 14

Arms Race

Answer 14

The US and the Soviet Union were battling to see who had the best technology.

Question 15

Domino’s Theory

Answer 15

A theor that if one country heard of communism it would spread like a chain reaction.

Question 16

Iron Curtain

Answer 16

Something to divide west and east europe

Question 17

Totalitarianism

Answer 17

Having control over private and public life

Question 18

Capitalism

Answer 18

Money is invested in order to make more

Question 19

Space Race

Answer 19

Where the united states had payed a lot of money to have better science education.

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

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 21

Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union?

Answer 21

Stalin

Question 22

Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?

Answer 22

The Berlin Wall

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Communism

Question 24

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

Answer 24

The United States and the Soviet Union

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Totalitarianism