Early Cold War Vocabulary Practice Quiz

Iron Curtain

• The term for the line that divided Europe between the Soviet controlled East and democratic West

• Divided the city of Berlin between the capitalist West and

  Berlin Wall Communist East

• Military cooperation between Eastern European

  countries controlled by the Soviet Union

• Military alliance between the US, Canada, and Western

  Europe

Berlin Wall

• The term for the line that divided Europe between the Soviet controlled East and democratic West

• Divided the city of Berlin between the capitalist West and

  Berlin Wall Communist East

• Military cooperation between Eastern European

  countries controlled by the Soviet Union

• Military alliance between the US, Canada, and Western

  Europe

Warsaw Pact

• The term for the line that divided Europe between the Soviet controlled East and democratic West

• Divided the city of Berlin between the capitalist West and

  Berlin Wall Communist East

• Military cooperation between Eastern European

  countries controlled by the Soviet Union

• Military alliance between the US, Canada, and Western

  Europe

NATO

• The term for the line that divided Europe between the Soviet controlled East and democratic West

• Divided the city of Berlin between the capitalist West and

  Berlin Wall Communist East

• Military cooperation between Eastern European

  countries controlled by the Soviet Union

• Military alliance between the US, Canada, and Western

  Europe

United Nations

• International organization to promote world peace

• The power struggle between the Soviet Union and the

  United States after World War II

• North vs. South Korea; ended in a peace agreement at

  the 38th parallel

• Economic system in which the means of production are

  privately owned and operated for profit

Cold War

• International organization to promote world peace

• The power struggle between the Soviet Union and the

  United States after World War II

• North vs. South Korea; ended in a peace agreement at

  the 38th parallel

• Economic system in which the means of production are

  privately owned and operated for profit

Korean War

• International organization to promote world peace

• The power struggle between the Soviet Union and the

  United States after World War II

• North vs. South Korea; ended in a peace agreement at

  the 38th parallel

• Economic system in which the means of production are

  privately owned and operated for profit

Capitalism

• International organization to promote world peace

• The power struggle between the Soviet Union and the

  United States after World War II

• North vs. South Korea; ended in a peace agreement at

  the 38th parallel

• Economic system in which the means of production are

  privately owned and operated for profit

Communism

• An economic system in which the central government

  directs all major economic decisions

• Divided the city of Berlin between the capitalist West and

  Berlin Wall Communist East

• Military cooperation between Eastern European

  countries controlled by the Soviet Union

• Military alliance between the US, Canada, and Western

  Europe

Superpower

• An economic system in which the central government

  directs all major economic decisions

• A country with enough military, political, and economic

  power to influence other countries.

• Military cooperation between Eastern European

  countries controlled by the Soviet Union

• Military alliance between the US, Canada, and Western

  Europe