Cold War Battles

Capitalist countries belonged to the organization called _______________.

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• United Nations

Communist countries belonged to the organization called _______________.

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• United Nations

The line dividing capitalist west from communist east was called the ___________ ___________.

• Long River

• Giant Wall

• Iron Curtain

Who were the two major countries "fighting" the Cold War?

• Britain & France

• US & Soviet Union

• Mexico & Brazil

Why did the US fight in Korea?

• The US wanted to take over Korea

• North Korea used an atomic bomb on the US

• To "contain" communism in Asia so it wouldn't spread

Who won in the Korean War - the capitalists or the communists?

• Nobody won and now there are two Koreas: North and South

• The Soviet Union

• The United States

• China

Why did the US send its military to Vietnam?

• to learn Vietnamese

• to take over Vietnam

• to stop communism

Why did the US go to the moon?

• To add more states on the moon

• To defeat the Soviet Union in the Space Race

• To get resources, like gold and oil, from the moon

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The US and Soviet Union sent missiles to each other

• Cuba built missiles and sold them to other communist countries

• The Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba; this means they could attack the United States

What are the people in the photo doing? Which "war" is this?