The Cold War

Question 1

Communism

Answer 1

a political ideology that proposes that all property should be owned by the government

Question 2

Bolshevik Revolution

Answer 2

Communist revolutionaries led by Vladimir Lenin overthrew the Russian monarchy during WW1

Question 3

Hiroshima & Nagasaki Bombings

Answer 3

first-ever atomic bombings that led to the end of WWII and prevented Japan from becoming communist

Question 4

Arms Race

Answer 4

competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to create and stockpile of nuclear weapons

Question 5

Cold War

Answer 5

a period of geopolitical tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

Question 6

Takeover of Eastern Block

Answer 6

Soviet Troops remained in eastern European countries and forced them to become communist

Question 7

Chinese Revolution

Answer 7

a four year civil war by communist Chinese forces led by Mao Zedong

Question 8

Containment

Answer 8

the foreign policy pursued by the U.S. meant to prevent the spread of communism

Question 9

Korean War

Answer 9

war fought between North & South Korea and ended in a stale-mate

Question 10

McCarthyism

Answer 10

controversial practices and beliefs of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy

Question 11

Partition of Vietnam

Answer 11

1954 agreement temporarily separating Vietnam into two zones; later led to a civil war

Question 12

Domino Theory

Answer 12

a geopolitical theory that claimed that if one country in a region becomes communist, the rest will fall to it

Question 13

Vietnam War

Answer 13

a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia to prevent them from falling to communist control

Question 14

Cuban Revolution

Answer 14

armed revolt by Fidel Castro who overthrew the dictatorship of Cuba

Question 15

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Answer 15

a failed military operation funded by the U.S. to get rid of Fidel Castro

Question 16

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 16

a month long confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union which escalated to the Soviets deploying missiles to Cuba

Question 17

Detente

Answer 17

policy of relaxing tensions between the Soviet Union and the U.S.

Question 18

Reagan Doctrine

Answer 18

strategy that gets rid of communist countries by funding non-communist countries

Question 19

Collapse of the Soviet Union

Answer 19

the economic downfall of the Soviet Union in 1989 which also brought down the Berlin Wall and 13 countries depending independence from them