Detente and the End of the Cold War

Match

Match the following

• Iron Curtain

• brinkmanship

• Berlin Airlift

• Berlin Blockade

• Containment

imaginary line dividing Europe

the very edge of war

Allies response to Stalin's Blockade

Blockade of West Berlin

Strategy to prevent the spread of communism

• imaginary line dividing Europe

• the very edge of war

• Allies response to Stalin's Blockade

• Blockade of West Berlin

• Strategy to prevent the spread of communism

Open Ended

Why was the Soviet Union confident about its power and status up until the early 1970s? 

Open Ended

How did the Soviet Union’s status change in the 1980s?