Cold War

Reorder the following

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• End of Vietnam War

• Berlin Airlift

• End of WWII

• Korean War

Match the following

• Group of Communist countries

• Warsaw Pact

• Containment

• Name for US Policy to stop communism from spreading

• Group of Non-Communist countries

• US plan to help Greece and Turkey

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO

• Iron Curtain

• Name for dividing line between Communists and NonComm in Europe

The Berlin Airlift was caused by

• The North invading the South

• Stalin shutting off access to an area controlled by the West

• Winston Churchill's Speech

• The detonating of an atomic bomb

What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War?

• Prohibition, Flappers, Jazz

• Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare

• Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Pearl Harbor

• Poverty, Unemployment, Dust Bowl

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment

What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

• Truman Doctrine

• Big Stick Policy

During what event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict?

• Berlin Airlift

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did JFK do when he heard that the Soviet Union was construction a missile site in Cuba.

• JFK gave into the Soviet demands.

• JFK bombed the Soviet Union with an atomic bomb.

• JFK ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.

• JFK invaded Cuba from Guantanamo Bay.

What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?

• Korean & Vietnam War

• WWI & WWII

• Civil War & Spanish American War

• Persian Gulf & War on Terror

Who were the emerging superpowers following World War II?

• Soviet Union & USA

• Italy & Germany

• Cuba & Vietnam

• Great Britain & China