Cold War Vocabulary

Cold War Vocabulary

9th - 12th Grade

30 Qs

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Cold War Vocabulary

Cold War Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies, History

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Angela Zorn

Used 269+ times

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cold War

The power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II

A policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression in order to gain an advantage in negotiations

Policy in which the United States and the Soviet Union hoped to deter nuclear war by building up enough weapons to destroy one another

Intense fear of communism and other politically radical ideas

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Democracy

A political system in which the people elect their government officials

A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens

An economic system based on private property and free enterprise

An economic system based on the holding of all property in common with actual ownership belonging to the state

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Totalitarianism

A political system in which the people elect their government officials

A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens

An economic system based on private property and free enterprise

An economic system based on the holding of all property in common with actual ownership belonging to the state

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Capitalism

A political system in which the people elect their government officials

A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens

An economic system based on private property and free enterprise

An economic system based on the holding of all property in common with actual ownership belonging to the state

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Communism

A political system in which the people elect their government officials

A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens

An economic system based on private property and free enterprise

An economic system based on the holding of all property in common with actual ownership belonging to the state

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Satellite Nations

Communist nations in Eastern Europe on friendly terms with the USSR and thought of as under the USSR's control

An alliance created in 1949 that promised member nations would defend each other against any communist threat

An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations made in response to the creation of NATO

Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Iron Curtain

The boundary between North and South Korea

Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West

A area in which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited such as along the 38th Parallel in Korea

The theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control

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