Cold War Vocabulary

America's relationship with the Soviet Union was called a "Cold War" because the...

• Soviets fought the United States by freezing prices
• the United States fought the Soviet Union during their harsh, cold winter
• Soviet Union and the United States were enemies, but no official war took place
• Soviet Union and United States were developing nuclear weapons using cold fusion

NATO stands for: 

• New Alliance Trade Organization 
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• North American Trade Organization
• North American Treaty Organization

What is Containment?

• US policy that attempted to contain the spread of communism to eastern  Europe
• US policy that attempted to contain the spread of communism to Asia 
• Soviet policy that attempted to contain the spread of capitalism to North America 
• All of the above

A Cold War Treaty organization was: 

• NAFTA      
• NATO
• Prussian Pact 
• Danzig Accords

NATO stands for: 

• New Alliance Trade Organization 
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• North American Trade Organization
• North American Treaty Organization

What is Containment?

• US policy that attempted to contain the spread of communism to eastern  Europe
• US policy that attempted to contain the spread of communism to Asia 
• Soviet policy that attempted to contain the spread of capitalism to North America 
• All of the above

Who "Fought" in the Cold War?

• U.S. & Japan
• Japan & Germany
• U.S. & Soviet Union
• Germany & U.S. 

What is an Arms Race?

• When two countries compete to create the best and most weapons 
• When two countries compete to create new colonies
• When two countries compete over resources

Why is the Cold War considered a “cold” war, compared to WWII, a “hot” war?

• Most of the fighting took place in the cooler Northern Hemisphere
• The Soviet Union is located in a fairly cold area
• The Soviets and Americans never actually fought against one another with weapons
• The United States believed a nuclear war would end the seasons and it would be cold on Earth

The graph above shows the amount of nuclear weapons the U.S. and Soviet Union possessed during the Cold War. Which vocabulary word is this graph best illustrating?

• Nonallignment 
• Democratization
• Arms Race 
• Communism