Cold War Vocabulary

The Cold War was a state of tension between

• the U.S. and the Soviet Union

• the U.S. and Germany

• the U.S. and Spain

• the U.S. and Italy

A system where the government owns all property and people are not free is called

• capitalism

• communism

• free enterprise

• socialism

An imaginary line dividing eastern (communist) and western (free) Europe was called the

• Berlin Wall

• Berlin Airlift

• Iron Curtain

• NATO

An alliance between the U.S., Canada, and several European nations formed to fight any attack from communist Eastern Europe.

• The United Nations

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• The Allied Powers

• The League of Nations

The delivery of supplies to West Berlin by the U.S. and its Allies was called the

• Berlin Wall

• Berlin Airlift

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Iron Curtain

The dividing line between North Korea (communist) and South Korea (free)

• The Berlin Wall

• The Iron Curtain

• The 38th Parallel

• The 58th Parallel

A senator from Wisconsin who started the "Red Scare" by accusing government officials of being communists was

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph McCarthy

• Douglas MacArthur

• Joseph Stalin

The leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis was

• Joseph Stalin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph McCarthy

• Vladimir Lenin

A tense time in 1962 when the Soviet Union set up nuclear missile sites in Cuba was called the

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Berlin Airlift

• The Korean War

• The Vietnam War