Unit 5: WWII Impact Vocab Quizizz

A period of heightened fear surrounding communism.

• Capitalism

• Embargo

• Red Scare

• Cold War

An alliance between 12 nations founded in 1949 to resist the spread of Communism and protect against its forces.

• NATO

• United Nations

• League of Nations

• Allies

A structure that once surrounded part of the city of Berlin, Germany. It stood for almost 30 years as a symbol of the Cold War.

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Wall

• Great Wall

• Embargo

An initiative in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II.

• Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan

• Red Scare

• Capitalism

A long period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies.

• Embargo

• Red Scare

• Red War

• Cold War

A military and political alliance between the Soviet Union and other communist nations behind the Iron Curtain.

• United Nations

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Red Alliance

An organization that aims to find peaceful solutions to disagreements between countries.

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• The Good Guys

• Allied Forces

The imaginary line dividing Europe between Soviet influence (Communist) and Western influence (Democratic).

• Warsaw Pact

• Berlin Wall

• Iron Wall

• Iron Curtain

A term used to describe accusations of treason or disloyalty without producing evidence.

• McCarthyism

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Proxy War

An economic system where the government owns everything and is responsible for sharing the wealth it generates equally.

*People do not own land, factories, businesses, etc.

• Capitalism

• Democracy

• Communism

• Isolationism