Cold War Study

The Domino Theory is

• the idea that people will fall like dominos to capitalism

• Idea that if one nation falls to communism the rest will follow like dominos

Who was the leader of the USSR at the end of the Cold War?

• John F. Kennedy

• Mikhail Gorbachev

In ____________________, the people own goods and businesses and they are regulated by supply and demand

• capitalism

• communism

Which Cold War super power was associated with the Western parts of Europe and democracy?

• USA

• USSR

What was the dividing line between North and South Korea called?

• Iron Curtain

• 38th Parallel

Who placed missiles in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• USA

• USSR

The Berlin Wall separated the communist part of Berlin from the non-communist part of Berlin. Which side of the city was controlled by the Soviet Union?

• East

• West

________________ is a system where the government owns and controls everything.

• Capitalism

• Communism

The US policy to stop the spread of communism was called ______________.

• Detente

• Containment

Was the Cold War an actual war?

• Yes, the countries declared war and went to battle.

• No, it was a war of ideas and competition.