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Cold War Terms
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Answer 34 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.
Vietnam War
Division of Germany
Cuban Missile Crisis
Marshall Plan
2. 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.
3. President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism.
Cuban Revolution
Truman Doctrine
N.A.T.O.
Cuban Revolution
4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Mutual defense alliance between US & Canada & and the democratic nations of Western Europe after WWII.
N.A.T.O.
WARSAW Pact
Yalta Conference
Division of Germany
5. Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons
Berlin Wall
Berlin Airlift
Arms Race
Cuban Revolution
6. An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations in response to NATO
WARSAW Pact
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Wall
7. 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
Cuban Revolution
Berlin Airlift
Vietnam War
D.M.Z.
8. The political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
Yalta Conference
Truman Doctrine
9. A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
Berlin Wall
Truman Doctrine
N.A.T.O.
Space Race
10. Germany was split into 4 zones of occupation after WWII & West Germany (U.S. & Britain & and France) and East Germany (Soviet Union).
Korean War
WARSAW Pact
N.A.T.O.
Division of Germany
11. The political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control
Berlin Airlift
WARSAW Pact
Vietnam War
Domino Theory
12. Wall built to separate West Berlin from East Berlin/East Germany in order to keep East Germany citizens from escaping to the West
Vietnam War
N.A.T.O.
Yalta Conference
Berlin Wall
13. 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.
WARSAW Pact
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
14. Meeting of the 'Big Three' to set post-war goals: free elections for eastern Europe & division of Germany. Considered start of the Cold War
Arms Race
Yalta Conference
Berlin Airlift
Vietnam War
15. A successful communist revolt in Cuba & led by Fidel Castro & that removed the US supported President Batista in 1959.
N.A.T.O.
Berlin Wall
Truman Doctrine
Cuban Revolution
16. 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.
Korean War
Berlin Wall
Vietnam War
Domino Theory
17. Meeting of the 'Big Three' to set post-war goals: free elections for eastern Europe & division of Germany. Considered start of the Cold War
Cuban Revolution
Cuban Missile Crisis
Yalta Conference
Berlin Wall
18. 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
Vietnam War
Yalta Conference
Korean War
WARSAW Pact
19. 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.
D.M.Z.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Berlin Wall
WARSAW Pact
20. 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
WARSAW Pact
Yalta Conference
Arms Race
Berlin Airlift
21. A zone from Which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited (between North and South Korea)
D.M.Z.
Division of Germany
Marshall Plan
Cuban Revolution
22. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Mutual defense alliance between US & Canada & and the democratic nations of Western Europe after WWII.
WARSAW Pact
Korean War
N.A.T.O.
Marshall Plan
23. A successful communist revolt in Cuba & led by Fidel Castro & that removed the US supported President Batista in 1959.
Truman Doctrine
Cuban Revolution
Space Race
Berlin Wall
24. A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
WARSAW Pact
Space Race
N.A.T.O.
Korean War
25. 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.
Berlin Wall
Marshall Plan
Berlin Wall
Arms Race
26. President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism.
Arms Race
Berlin Airlift
Truman Doctrine
Yalta Conference
27. 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.
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Revolution
Space Race
28. 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.
Arms Race
Bay of Pigs Invasion
WARSAW Pact
Cuban Missile Crisis
29. An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations in response to NATO
Space Race
Marshall Plan
Berlin Wall
WARSAW Pact
30. Germany was split into 4 zones of occupation after WWII & West Germany (U.S. & Britain & and France) and East Germany (Soviet Union).
Arms Race
Arms Race
Division of Germany
Yalta Conference
31. Wall built to separate West Berlin from East Berlin/East Germany in order to keep East Germany citizens from escaping to the West
Domino Theory
Marshall Plan
Division of Germany
Berlin Wall
32. 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.
Korean War
Marshall Plan
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
33. 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
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Space Race
Marshall Plan
Korean War
34. Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Arms Race
Division of Germany
Division of Germany