Latin America

Which TWO nations were the main rivals during the Cold War?

• Italy

• Japan

• United States

• Soviet Union

• Germany

Which of the following best describes "communism"

• Citizens all contribute in the community equally and share equally in its resources and profits.

• The government holds swap meets and farmers markets so citizens can barter goods with each other.

• The government controls all business and economic activity and attempts to divide the profits and resources evenly among all citizens.

• Citizens own businesses privately with the purpose of making profits.

This organization was designed to support democratic nations and protect them from Soviet (Communist) influence:

• United Nations (UN)

• League of Nations

• Warsaw Pact

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Winston Churchill's term used to describe the division in Europe after WWII was called

• Steel Wall

• Iron Curtain

• Great Wall

• Shower Curtain

This is the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection:

• Domino Theory

• Monroe Doctrine

• Truman Doctrine

• Isolationism

Which country was divided in with one side Democratic and the other Communist?

• Japan

• Austria

• Germany

• France

The US policy of limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control was called

• Containment

• Warsaw Pact

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Yalta

The idea that if one side used a nuclear device, the other side would retaliate, and both sides would be destroyed was called

• Containment

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Potsdam

• Yalta

In 1963, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

• prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere

• stopped both sides from making more weapons

• prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in the ocean

• didn't change anything

In 1969, The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks began which

• led to a large number of nuclear weapons being removed

• decreased the number of weapons being made

• ended the Cold War

• stopped both sides from making any new nuclear weapons