The Cold War

A United States financed program to rebuild Europe after World War II was called:

A U.S. policy that promised to stop the spread of communism (containment) was called:

What concept characterized by willingness to go to the brink, or edge of war, is symbolized in the political cartoon?

A weapon first developed by the U.S. and then the Soviets and thousands of times more powerful than the atomic bomb was:

What physical barrier separated east and west Germany and became a physical representation of the Iron Curtain?

(a)  

A period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the East v. West/ Communism v. Democracy was called:

What imaginary (political) boundary between Soviet Union and Western Europe intended to prevent contact between Soviet States and western non-Soviet States is represented by the black line on the map?

(a)  

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first unmanned spacecraft called _______, into space, beginning the competition with the U.S. for technology known as the Space Race

Which two countries emerged as the 2 "Superpowers" during the Cold War? 

In 1961, the U.S. supported a failed invasion of Cuba called: