Cold War Concepts & Vocabulary

What is the "Domino Theory"?

• policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a row of dominos.

• political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare.

• A war in a cold place

What is a "hot war"?

• a war with active military hostilities; open warfare

• a war with no active military hostilities

• a war in a hot place

What is a "Satellite Nation"

• orbiting objects in space

• countries surrounding an other

• Countries controlled by the Soviet Union

What is "communism" ?

• Economic system in which the government or the workers own most of the factories, utilities, and transportation and communication systems

• A political theory that proposes that all people should collectively own property and the means of production and that individual ownership should not be allowed.

• Favoring or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.

What is "Brinkmanship"?

• Policy that called for threatening all out war in order to confront Communist aggression

• Policy created after Arthur Brink; providing aid to rebuilding European countries

• Downward tread in the stock market

What was the "Arms Race"?

• a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons

• an Arm Wrestling competition held between citizens of East and West Germany

• the competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration

Which of the following is a "Proxy War"?

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Yom Kippur War

The "Red Scare" was...

• An irrational fear of the color red

• Period of Anti- Communism hysteria

• Wide-spread pandemic of Scarlet Fever

What was the "Space Race"?

• the competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration

• the competition between nations regarding claiming territory and satellite nations

• the competition between rocket ships to reach the moon

Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenburg?

• Married couple accused of being communists, but refused to testify instead facing blacklisting

• Soviet citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the United States

• American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union