Flashcard Soviet Union/Cold War

The Soviet Union officially fell in

The period after WWII of rivalry and tension between the US and the Soviet Union was ___.

What is required for a country to be considered a superpower?

What did U.S.S.R. stand for?

What was the historical event that saw the fall of the Russian monarchy and the creation of the world's first communist country?

A key principle of the economic theory of Communism is

What is communism?

The United States and its allies were in favor of this government type:

Which of these BEST describes the Cold War? Options: direct warfare between two superpowers, competition for global influence between two superpowers, indirect warfare between three superpowers, nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union, mild disagreement between allies

Type of government where the government owns everything and makes all the decisions.