Lesson 6: The Cold War

Question 1

The world had barely recovered from the Second World War when it faced another challenge, a war with a new form and approach - the

Answer 1

Cold War of 1945-1991

Question 2

This happened between former allies, the

Answer 2

democratic United States of America, and the community Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Question 3

Well-known faces during the Cold War, Former US President

Answer 3

John F. Kennedy

Question 4

and former First Secretary of USSR

Answer 4

Nikita Kruschev

Question 5

Unlike the earlier world war,

Answer 5

no direct confrontation occurred during the Cold War.

Question 6

In the Second World War,

Answer 6

the US and the USSR were allies against the Axis Powers in spite of the lack of trust between them and their different ideologies.

Question 7

The US promotes

Answer 7

democracy as a system of government and capitalism as an economic system.

Question 8

On the other hand,

Answer 8

the USSR embraced socialism/communism as a political and economic ideology.

Question 9

With no common enemy, competing goals, and radically different systems of government,

Answer 9

conflict erupted.

Question 10

Doctrines:

Answer 10

Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Proxy War
Domino Theory

Question 11

Marshall Plan-

Answer 11

the United States provided economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Western Europe.

Question 12

Truman Doctrine -

Answer 12

the United States would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.

Question 13

Proxy War -

Answer 13

a war fought between groups or smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers.

Question 14

Domino Theory -

Answer 14

The possibility that the rest of the nearby countries might fall one after the other influence of a Socialist country in a Region.

Question 15

is an example of the proxy war of the USA. and USSR.

Answer 15

The Korean War, Mao Ze Dong’s revolution and the Vietnam war

Question 16

Events In the Cold War:

Answer 16

Alliances
The Berlin Wall
Space Race
Arms Race
Espionage
Cuban Missile Crisis
Propaganda Warfare

Question 17

The NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established in

Answer 17

1949

Question 18

NATO is an

Answer 18

alliance of countries from Europe and North America. It provides a unique link between these two continents, enabling them to consult and cooperate with each other

Question 19

USSR instigated the

Answer 19

Warsaw Pact of 1955

Question 20

The Warsaw Pact was

Answer 20

created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO in 1955 per the London and Paris Conferences of 1954

Question 21

but it is also considered to have been motivated by Soviet desires to

Answer 21

maintain control over military forces in Central and Eastern Europe.

Question 22

The Berlin Wall was built by the

Answer 22

German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin, which was controlled by the major Western Allies.

Question 23

The Berlin Wall (Full meaning Try) If not Press 5

Answer 23

The Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin, which was controlled by the major Western Allies. It divided the city of Berlin into two physically and ideologically contrasting zones. Towers and guards with machine guns and dogs stood to watch over a barren no man’s land. Forbidden zones, miles wide, were created behind the wall. No one was allowed to enter the zones. Anyone trying to escape was shot on sight.

Question 24

Space Race -

Answer 24

the competition between the USA and USSR regarding achievements in the field of space exploration.

Question 25

USA: People in space is called?

Answer 25

Astronaunts

Question 26

USSR: People in space is called?

Answer 26

Cosmonauts

Question 26

1st Artificial Satellite Launched?

Answer 26

Sputnik 1 (1957)

Question 27

First Man on the Moon?

Answer 27

Neil Armstrong (1969)

Question 28

First Man in Space?

Answer 28

Yuri Gagarin (1961)

Question 29

First Woman in Space?

Answer 29

Valentina Tereshkova (1963)

Question 30

Arms Race -

Answer 30

Countries increase the size and quality of military resources to gain military and political superiority over one another.
Paranoia caused each nation’s notion of stockpiling of Arms.

Question 31

Espionage -

Answer 31

the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government

Question 32

Cuban Missile Crisis -

Answer 32

was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.

Question 33

The Russian Missiles stocked in _____ even has the Washington D.C. within its radius.

Answer 33

Cuba

Question 34

Propaganda Warfare -

Answer 34

Ever wondered why Russians are always seen as anti-heroes? Hollywood movies depict Russians as antagonists in most American-produced movies.

Question 35

The end of the Cold War in

Answer 35

1991 was attributed to the Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 36

glasnost –

Answer 36

called for a new era of transparency and openness, making USSR open to the world.

Question 37

perestroika –

Answer 37

meaning “restructure” which is a political and economic restructuring of the USSR.

Question 38

As the 1990s began, the Cold War was finally over and the United States was the sole

Answer 38

remaining superpower