Cold War Vocabulary

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

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

• Communism

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Capitalism

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

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

The _______________ was the competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to get satellites and people into space and be the first to land on the moon.

• Arms race

• Warsaw Pact

• Cold War

• Space Race

Created in 1949 under U.S. leadership to create an alliance between most of the Western powers (including Canada) in defense against possible Soviet aggression

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• SEATO

• SOA

Alliance formed by the Soviet Union and other communist countries in Eastern Europe

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• SEATO

• SAO

After WWII, Winston Churchill coined the phrase to describe the division between free and Communist societies that was occurring in Europe

• Berlin Wall

• Iron Curtain

• Continental Divide

• Borders Barrier