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Cold War Terms
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Answer 34 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A plan for aiding European nations in economic recovery following World War II in order to stabilize and rebuild their countries and prevent the spread of communism.
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
WARSAW Pact
Bay of Pigs Invasion
2. Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons
Cuban Revolution
Vietnam War
Vietnam War
Arms Race
3. Joint effort by the US and Britain to fly food and supplies into West Berlin after the U.S.S.are. blocked off all ground routes into the city
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
Korean War
Space Race
4. A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and USSR and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.
N.A.T.O.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Yalta Conference
Vietnam War
5. Joint effort by the US and Britain to fly food and supplies into West Berlin after the U.S.S.are. blocked off all ground routes into the city
Arms Race
D.M.Z.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Berlin Airlift
6. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Mutual defense alliance between US & Canada & and the democratic nations of Western Europe after WWII.
Domino Theory
N.A.T.O.
Domino Theory
Korean War
7. A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
N.A.T.O.
WARSAW Pact
Space Race
Truman Doctrine
8. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Mutual defense alliance between US & Canada & and the democratic nations of Western Europe after WWII.
Cuban Revolution
Yalta Conference
Division of Germany
N.A.T.O.
9. The political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control
Division of Germany
Domino Theory
WARSAW Pact
Cuban Missile Crisis
10. A successful communist revolt in Cuba & led by Fidel Castro & that removed the US supported President Batista in 1959.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Berlin Wall
Cuban Revolution
Korean War
11. A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and USSR and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.
Berlin Wall
Vietnam War
Yalta Conference
Bay of Pigs Invasion
12. President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism.
Berlin Airlift
Vietnam War
Division of Germany
Truman Doctrine
13. An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban refugees that was sponsored by the U.S.. Its purpose was to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Division of Germany
Arms Race
Cuban Revolution
Bay of Pigs Invasion
14. An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations in response to NATO
Arms Race
Marshall Plan
WARSAW Pact
Cuban Missile Crisis
15. The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) supported South Korea while Communist China supported North Korea
Berlin Airlift
Korean War
Division of Germany
Division of Germany
16. The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over the building of Soviet missiles in Cuba. Ended when Soviet Union agreed to move missiles out of Cuba.
Space Race
Domino Theory
Cuban Revolution
Cuban Missile Crisis
17. Germany was split into 4 zones of occupation after WWII & West Germany (U.S. & Britain & and France) and East Germany (Soviet Union).
Korean War
Yalta Conference
Division of Germany
Domino Theory
18. Wall built to separate West Berlin from East Berlin/East Germany in order to keep East Germany citizens from escaping to the West
Berlin Wall
D.M.Z.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Arms Race
19. An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations in response to NATO
Cuban Revolution
Yalta Conference
Berlin Wall
WARSAW Pact
20. Germany was split into 4 zones of occupation after WWII & West Germany (U.S. & Britain & and France) and East Germany (Soviet Union).
Yalta Conference
Division of Germany
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
21. Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons
Cuban Missile Crisis
Arms Race
Space Race
Yalta Conference
22. President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism.
Space Race
D.M.Z.
Truman Doctrine
Korean War
23. Meeting of the 'Big Three' to set post-war goals: free elections for eastern Europe & division of Germany. Considered start of the Cold War
N.A.T.O.
Domino Theory
Vietnam War
Yalta Conference
24. An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban refugees that was sponsored by the U.S.. Its purpose was to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Vietnam War
Division of Germany
Space Race
Bay of Pigs Invasion
25. A successful communist revolt in Cuba & led by Fidel Castro & that removed the US supported President Batista in 1959.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Revolution
Vietnam War
D.M.Z.
26. The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over the building of Soviet missiles in Cuba. Ended when Soviet Union agreed to move missiles out of Cuba.
Berlin Wall
Yalta Conference
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
27. Meeting of the 'Big Three' to set post-war goals: free elections for eastern Europe & division of Germany. Considered start of the Cold War
Berlin Wall
N.A.T.O.
Yalta Conference
Berlin Airlift
28. A zone from Which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited (between North and South Korea)
Berlin Airlift
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Space Race
D.M.Z.
29. The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) supported South Korea while Communist China supported North Korea
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Marshall Plan
Cuban Revolution
30. A plan for aiding European nations in economic recovery following World War II in order to stabilize and rebuild their countries and prevent the spread of communism.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Vietnam War
Marshall Plan
31. A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
Space Race
Korean War
N.A.T.O.
Cuban Missile Crisis
32. The political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control
Yalta Conference
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Division of Germany
33. Wall built to separate West Berlin from East Berlin/East Germany in order to keep East Germany citizens from escaping to the West
Berlin Wall
Division of Germany
Cuban Missile Crisis
Arms Race
34. A zone from Which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited (between North and South Korea)
WARSAW Pact
Korean War
Division of Germany
D.M.Z.