Unresolved Global Conflict (1945-1991) Vocab 2024ulary

What does the term "Blockade" refer to in the context of the Unresolved Global Conflict (1945-1991) Vocabulary?

• A military alliance for mutual defense

• The policy of limiting the spread of communism

• Shutting off a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out

• A competition between superpowers to develop new weapons

Who was Fidel Castro?

• The leader of the communist revolution in Cuba during the 1950's

• The US President who made a policy to resist Soviet expansion

• The person who developed the Marshall Plan

• The general secretary of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• A policy to resist Soviet expansion in Europe

• An economic aid package to help European countries

• An attempt by the Soviet Union to place nuclear missiles in Cuba

• A military alliance between the U.S., Canada, and western nations

What is the "Arms Race"?

• The division of Europe by an imaginary line

• A competition between superpowers to develop new, more deadly nuclear and conventional weapons

• The policy of providing food and economic aid to European countries

• The belief that if one nation fell to communism, others would follow

What was the "Cold War"?

• The military alliance for a mutual defense between the U.S., Canada, and western nations

• The state of tension and hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union after 1945 without large scale armed conflict

• The policy of limiting the spread of communism

• The belief that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring nations would also fall

What is the "Containment" policy?

• The imaginary line through Europe that divided the democracies of the West from the communist countries of the East

• The military alliance for a mutual defense between the U.S., Canada, and western nations

• The Cold War policy of limiting the spread of communism

• The food and economic aid package launched by the United States to help European countries rebuild after World War II

What is the "Domino Theory"?

• The policy made by US President Truman to resist Soviet expansion

• The belief that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring nations would also fall

• The military alliance for a mutual defense between the U.S., Canada, and western nations

• The state of tension and hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union

What does the "Iron Curtain" represent?

• The military alliance for a mutual defense between the U.S., Canada, and western nations

• The imaginary line through Europe that divided the democracies of the West from the communist countries of the East

• The policy of limiting the spread of communism

• The belief that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring nations would also fall

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• To provide a military alliance for mutual defense between the U.S., Canada, and western nations

• To limit the spread of communism during the Cold War

• To help European countries rebuild after World War II with food and economic aid

• To establish a state of tension and hostility between superpowers

What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N.A.T.O.)?

• The policy of limiting the spread of communism

• The belief that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring nations would also fall

• The military alliance for a mutual defense between the U.S., Canada, and western nations

• The state of tension and hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union