Global Cold War Vocab

Blockade

• The leader of the communist revolution in

  Cuba during the 1950’s, who became an

  anti-American dictator.

• Shutting off of a port to keep people or

  supplies from moving in or out.

• The Cold War policy of limiting the spread

  of communism

• All of the above

The leader of the communist revolution in

Cuba during the 1950’s, who became an

anti-American dictator.

• JFK

• Donald

  Trump

• Truman

• Fidel Castro

Cuban Missile Crisis

• An attempt by the Soviet Union

  (U.S.S.R.) in 1962 to place nuclear

  missiles in Cuba directed toward the

  United States.

• Crisis between Ukraine and Russia

• Crisis on wanting more missile

• A competition between superpowers to

  develop new, more deadly nuclear and

  conventional weapons.

A competition between superpowers to

develop new, more deadly nuclear and

conventional weapons.

• Weapons Race

• Race to the Top

• Super Race

• Arms Race

The state of tension and hostility between

the United States and the Soviet Union

after 1945 without large scale armed

conflict between the major powers.

• Cold War

• Persian Gulf War

• WW1

• WW2

Containment

• The Cold War policy that limited the spread of democracy

• The Cold War policy of limiting the spread

  of communism

• Holding hostages

• All of the above

Belief that if one nation fell to

communism, neighboring nations would

also fall.

• War Theory

• Democracy

• Domino Theory

• None of the Above

Iron Curtain

• The equators imaginary line

• The imaginary line through Europe that

  divided the democracies of the West from

  the communist countries of the East.

• How Hitler ruled

• The food and economic aid package

  launched by the United States to help

  European countries rebuild after World

  War II.

The food and economic aid package

launched by the United States to help

European countries rebuild after World

War II.

• Marshall Plan

• The US Europe Plan

• Marsh Law

• Aid

North Atlantic Treaty

Organization (N.A.T.O.)

• Military Enemies between the U.S., Canada, and western

  Nations.

• The military alliance for a mutual defense

  between the U.S., Canada, and western

  Nations.