The Cold War

The conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States for global supremacy was known as

• Containment

• The Cold War

• World War II

• The Holocaust

The ______________________________ was the imaginary line that separated Communist countries from the democratic world

• Domino theory

• Marshall Plan

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Wall

The U.S. foreign policy of stopping the spread of communism was referred to as

• Containment

• Quarantine

• the Domino theory

• Brinksmanship

Countries that were politically and economically controlled by the Soviet Union were known as

• Soviets

• Satellite Nations

• Communists

• Alliances

U.S. program to provide financial aid to rebuild war-torn Europe was known as the

• Truman Doctrine

• Cold War

• Marshall Plan

• Atomic Age

Competition during the Cold War over possession of high tech weapons and missiles

• Fallout

• Deterrence

• Space Race

• Arms race

The theory that the governments of powerful nations and the weapons industry have a mutual relationship is known as

• Military-Industrial Complex

• Brinksmanship

• Deterrence

• Fallout

Competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to see who could have the better astronaut program.

• Arms Race

• Olympics

• Space Race

• Vietnam War

Radioactive particles dispersed by a nuclear explosion

• Fallout

• Warsaw

• Gamma Waves

• NATO

When one or more opponents push each other to the limit to force the other to back down is known as

• Deterrence

• Fallout

• M-A-D (Mutually Assured Destruction)

• Brinksmanship