how did the USSR differ ideologically from the west

Question 1

• country believes that a democracy is achieved through a system with multiple political parties which each have a different ideology and regular elections are held

is this capitalist or communist

Answer 1

capitalist democracy

Question 2

a system which could lead to a better ocerall standard of living, but resulting in greater wealth inequality would be :

Answer 2

capitalist democracy

Question 3

what were the main ideological differences that led to the cold war

Answer 3

In the West, the United States and its allies sought to promote the idea of democracy and capitalism, while the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc sought to promote communism.

Question 4

in a capitalist state, the economy is largely ____ from state control. while the government is democratically elected and freedom of speech is ______

Answer 4

free

cherished

Question 5

a communist state is administered from the centre, with control of the economy and society strictly in the hands of the _____. _________

Answer 5

communist. government

Question 6

a communist dictatorship believes that :

Answer 6

a fair society can be achieved if the state ( government) takes control of most businesses in a country and divides up wealth and resources evenly between citizens

Question 7

the cold war is between

Answer 7

democratic capitalist countries and communist dictator countries like the USSR

Question 8

time period of cold war

Answer 8

1945-1991

Question 9

what was the arms race

Answer 9

a race between the USA and USSR to try and build stronger and more powerful nuclear weapons

Question 10

what is mutually assured destruction

Answer 10

when both siders had huge nuclear war heads and by the mid 1950s both sides knew that if they went to war, they would both get destroyed ( it prevented war)

Question 11

what is containment

Answer 11

• stopping communism from spreading (what americans did)