Unit 5: The Cold War

Front

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

Back

United States and Soviet Union

Front

What was the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of? North and South Vietnam, East and West Asia, North and South Korea, East and West Europe

Back

East and West Europe

Front

Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?

Back

to airlift supplies to the people of West Berlin

Front

Where was Korea divided?

Back

38 parallel

Front

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

Back

They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.

Front

What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?

Back

Sputnik

Front

Why did the Soviet Union build the Berlin Wall?

Back

They built it to try to keep East Germans from going to West Germany.

Front

What was the mutual defense alliance of non communist nations?

Back

NATO

Front

What was the name for the 1955 alliance of Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe that were the counterpart to the western alliance?

Back

Warsaw Pact

Front

Leader of communism in China

Back

Mao Zedong