The Cold War

Question 1

Cold War

Answer 1

50-year war, non-fighting between countries with communist and mixed economics.

Question 2

Communism

Answer 2

The government completely controls the economy.

Question 3

Capitalism

Answer 3

Private ownership of everything—buyers and
sellers decide what gets made & who gets
what—laissez-faire

Question 4

Mixed Market Economy

Answer 4

some private & some government ownership
A mix between command & market economies
EX: USA, Great Britain, Canada

Question 5

Containment

Answer 5

stop the spread of communism

Question 6

Truman Doctrine

Answer 6

U.S. will help any country resisting Communism

Question 7

Marshall Plan

Answer 7

U.S. Plan to Rebuild Europe after WWII

Question 8

Berlin Blockade

Answer 8

Soviets cut off access to West Berlin

Question 9

Berlin Airlift

Answer 9

U.S. & Great Britain dropped supplies into West

Berlin during the Berlin Blockade

Question 10

Berlin Wall

Answer 10

Soviet-built wall dividing East and West Berlin

Question 11

NATO

Answer 11

American Military Alliance against The Soviet

Union &Warsaw Pact

Question 12

Warsaw Pact

Answer 12

Soviet Military alliance against The U.S.A & NATO

Question 13

Korean War

Answer 13

Containment operation in Korea—1950-1953

Question 14

Domino Theory

Answer 14

If one country falls to communism, others will

too. They will fall “like dominos.”

Question 15

Arms race

Answer 15

Competition for the most destructive weapons

Question 16

Brinkmanship

Answer 16

Living on the edge of all-out nuclear war

Question 17

M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction)

Answer 17

• Part of Brinkmanship that prevented a nuclear war
• Both Sides knew that no one would win in a
nuclear war—everyone would be killed

Question 18

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 18

• The Soviet Union tried to put nuclear missiles in
Cuba to use against the USA
• Almost resulted in nuclear war

Question 19

Space Race

Answer 19

Competition for most advanced space technology

Question 20

Sputnik

Answer 20

World’s first satellite—launched by U.S.S.R.

Question 21

Dwight Eisenhower

Answer 21

U.S. President—1953-1961

Question 22

Prosperity

Answer 22

Living well; a high standard of living

Question 23

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 23

Senator who accused many of being Communists in America

Question 24

McCarthyism

Answer 24

Publicly accusing people of disloyalty without

evidence

Question 25

Blacklist

Answer 25

To ban someone—(people accused of being communists were kept from jobs)

Question 26

Covert

Answer 26

Done in secrete.

Question 27

Ethel & Julius Rosenberg

Answer 27

American couple executed for spying for Soviets