Cold War

Communism is....

• a type of government/economic system where the government owns all the factories and lands and people are supposed to share their wealth; citizens have few rights

• people or companies have the freedom to buy, sell, and own what they want

• form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.

In Cuba the hospitals, medical professionals, medicines and medical supplies are all under the control of the Cuban government. This is an example of a ___________ government.

• democratic

• dictatorship

• Entrepeneur

• communist

Led the Soviet Union as the first secretary of the ruling Communist Party from 1953 to 1964

• Benito Mussolini

• John F Kennedy

• Nikita Khruschev

What are two meanings of the political cartoon?

• They are having a competition to see who have greater power.

• No one dare to push the button to or both sides will be destroyed.

• The arm wrestler who wins gets a prize.

• Sometimes all it takes is an arm wrestle competition.

A society where people or companies have the freedom to buy, sell, and own what they want is called....

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Smart Ownership

• The Mason Way

Who was the person to coin the phrase "iron curtain".

• John F. Kennedy

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Winston Churchill

• Nikita Kruschev

An invisible border that divides Europe between the Soviet Union controlled nations in the east and the free nations to the west was called an....

The United States attempted to stop the spread of Communism by....

• Sending out newspapers

• "containing" it where it already existed

• Turning the cold war hot

• electing all new leaders

How many parts was Germany divided into after WWII?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 8

Berlin, Germany's capital was in the middle of the section controlled by....

• Great Britain

• United States

• France

• Soviet Union