Cold War/Korean War

Both the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine sought to

• Solve world hunger

• Expand Communism

• Contain Communism

• Help Russia construct the Iron Curtain

The countries in RED represent which Cold War era alliance?

• League of Nations

• Justice League

• USA

• Warsaw Pact

A competition between nations to build powerful weapons is called ___________.

• Arms Race
• Blockade
• Space Race
• Atomic Bomb

Why were the US and Soviet Union on opposite side of the Cold War?

• The US dropped bombs on the Soviet Union

• The Soviet Union dropped bombs on the US

• The two countries have different ideologies on politics, society and economics.

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 an economic system in which methods of production are owned privately by citizens. Supply and Demand controls markets, not the government.

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

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

• Democracy

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Dictatorship

____________________________ was the U.S. led alliance of capitalist democracies during the Cold War.

• Warsaw Pact

• Central Powers

• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

• Axis Powers