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