Cold War Vocab1 CM

What was the Cold War?

• A war with military conflict, that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union

• A state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that developed between the United States and China

• A state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union

• A total war without military conflict, that developed between Communism and Totalitarianism

What was the Iron Curtain?

• An invisible Political line dividing Europe between Communism and Capitalism

• An Iron curtain creating a political line dividing Europe between Communism and Capitalism

• An invisible Political line dividing Asia between Communism and Capitalism

• An invisible Political line dividing Europe between Democracy and Capitalism

What was the Truman Doctrine?

• the US would give economic aid to any country under the threat of communism

• the US would give military and economic aid to any country under the threat of communism

• the US would give military and economic aid to any country under the threat of capitalism

• the USSR would give military aid to any country under the threat of communism

What are Satellite Nations?

• countries that won the space race

• countries that have satellites orbiting space

• countries that dominate smaller countries

• countries dominated by the Soviet Union

What was the Marshall Plan?

• the US would provide financial aid to all European countries that needed it to help rebuild after WWII

• the US would provide military aid to all European countries that needed it to help rebuild after WWII

• the US government would spend billions of dollars developing nuclear bombs

• the US government would spend billions of dollars toward the space race

What was NATO?

• An alliance with democratic freely elected governments and a capitalist economy. This was to deter Soviet aggression.

• An alliance made up of countries with communist governments in Eastern Europe

• An alliance with democratic freely elected governments and a capitalist economy. This was to help relations with Soviet Union

• An alliance with democratic freely elected governments and a communist economy. This was to deter Soviet aggression.

What was the Warsaw Pact

• An alliance with democratic freely elected governments and a capitalist economy. This was to deter Soviet aggression

• An alliance with capitalist governments in Eastern Europe

• An alliance with communist governments in Eastern Europe

• An alliance with Soviet Russia and US

What was containment

• preventing the spread of democracy to other countries.

• preventing the spread of capitalism to other countries.

• spreading communism to other countries.

• preventing the spread of communism to other countries.

What was the Berlin Wall

• Trump's wall dividing America and Mexico

• A wall going down the middle of Berlin. One side Capitalism/Democracy, the other side Soviet Union Communism. It was a symbol of the division of the Cold War

• A wall going around Berlin. Inside being Capitalism/Democracy, the outside being Soviet Union Communism. It was a symbol of the division of the Cold War

• A wall going down the middle of Berlin. One side being Totalitarian, the other side Soviet Union Capitalism. It was a symbol of the division of the Cold War

What was the Domino Theory

• If one country falls to Communism, the all other countries will fall, like dominoes.

• If one country falls to Democracy, the all other countries will fall, like dominoes.

• If Capitalism spreads, all other countries will become Capitalist

• Dominos will fall like satellite nations once they become communist