Chapter 24 Section 2

During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were allied in fighting______________

• Berlin blockade

• Nazi Germany

A new economic and political system called________________ was proposed in a book by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles.

• détente

• communism

Albania, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia are examples of ___________nations that were controlled by the Soviet Union.

• satellite

• balance of power

___________________was the president of the United States who established the U.S. policy of containment.

• Cuban missile

• Harry Truman

A(n)_________________ is a situation in which both countries are about equal in strength.

• balance of power

• communism

A(n)________________ is fought without using a country’s full power, particularly nuclear weapons.

• limited war

• Cuban missile

The first real test of containment occured during the ________________

• Berlin blockade

• Nazi Germany

During the Cold War, both Korea and Vietnam were divided into a ___________north and a ______________south.

• Cuban missile, satellite

• Communist, non-communist

Gorbachev’s reform policies also included efforts at_______________ between the Soviet Union and the United States.

• détente

• satellite

In 1962 President John F. Kennedy was faced with the task of ending the crisis.

• Harry Truman

• Cuban missile