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Cold War Vocabulary

Authored by Caitlin Theisen

Social Studies

6th - 8th Grade

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Cold War Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.

communism

capitalism

Space Race

McCarthyism

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

communism

Iron Curtain

Truman Doctrine

United Nations

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other non-communist areas

Cuban Missile Crisis

NATO

Iron Curtain

Berlin Wall

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany

Iron Curtain

Berlin Wall

Warsaw Pact

NATO

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or Communism

Cuban Missile Crisis

Marshall Plan

Truman Doctrine

Vietnam War

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Economic recovery act that proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe

Marshall Plan

McCarthyism

Domino Theory

Sputnik

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin

Berlin Wall

Iron Curtain

Berlin Airlift

NATO

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