Cold War Vocabulary

The __________________ was the Soviet Union's alliance during the Cold War.

• NATO

• Axis Agreement

• Warsaw Pact

• Berline Pact

What was the term for the U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War?

• domino theory

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• containment

The competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to build the most powerful atomic weapons during the Cold war was called the ____________________.

• Olympics

• arms race

• space race

• Berlin Airlift

The _________________ was the U.S. plan to help rebuild Europe after WWII.

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Plan

• Roosevelt Plan

• New Deal

The ___________________ was a state of tension, without actual fighting, between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that lasted for 45 years.

• Korean War

• Cold War

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

The _______________ was the idea that if one country in an area "fell" to communism other countries in the area would also become communist.

• Marshall Plan

• Containment theory

• New Deal

• Domino Theory

_____________________ is a form of government where people elect representatives and citizens enjoy many freedoms and rights.

• Communism

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Capitalism

________________________ is a form of government where one person has total control and citizens have limited rights and freedoms.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Capitalism

• Communism

________________________ is an economic system in which methods of production are owned privately.

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

_______________________ is an economic system in which methods of production are owned and controlled by the government.

• Democracy

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Dictatorship