Origins of the Cold War - Terms

The mainly non-military struggle for influence and control between the Soviet Union and the United States, which took place between the 1940s and 1990s.

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Korean War

• Cold War

• Proxy War

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

• Great Britain and the United States

• Soviet Union and Germany

• United States and China

• United States and Soviet Union

A conflict fought by two sides who are supported by two other, more powerful enemies who are involved in a larger struggle.

• proxy war

• collective security

• collective responsibility

• collateral damage

Democratic countries in Europe led by the U.S. during the Cold War were referred to as

• 3rd world nations

• 1st world nations

• Iron Curtain

• 2nd world nations

Communist countries in Europe led by the U.S.S.R during the cold war

• 2nd world nations

• Western Bloc

• 1st world nations

• 3rd world nations

Competition between countries to have the most powerful weapons

• Space Race

• Arms Race

• Proxy Wars

• Nuke Race

Competition between countries to be superior in space exploration and technology

• Space Race

• Arms Race

• Proxy Wars

• Moon Race

U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism at all cost.

• Espionage

• Interventionism

• Containment

• Domino Effect

The __________ in Eastern Europe was controlled politically, militarily, and economically by the USSR.

• Soviet Bloc

• Superpowers

• 1st world nations

• 3rd world nations

This is the belief that if one nation fell to communism that it would lead to the fall of its neighbors.

• Domino Theory
• Domino Effect
• Chain of Events
• Vietnamization