Cold War Vocabulary

U.S. foreign policy that focused on stopping the spread of communism.

• Berlin Wall

• Communism

• Containment

• Cold War

A type of government in which the government owns all property and the people have limited freedoms. Communism began in the Soviet Union.

• Democracy

• Socialism

• Facism

• Communism

Wall built that separated East and West Berlin, Germany. Built by the Soviet Union to stop the German people from moving from East Berlin (communism) to West Berlin (democracy). The tearing down of the Berlin Wall represented the end of the Cold War.

• The Great Wall

• Border Patrol

• Berlin Wall

• Containment

Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to build up weapons.

• Arms Race

• Space Race

• Foot Race

• Three legged race

Competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in regards to space exploration.

• Arms Race

• Cold War

• Space Race

• Korean War

War that lasted from 1950 to 1953 between Communist North Korea and democratic South Korea to unite Korea under communism.

• Vietnam War

• Cold War

• World War I

• Korean War

A 13 day confrontation between Cuba backed by the Soviet Union and the U.S. in which Cuba had missiles aimed at the U.S. This event was the closest the U.S. and the Soviet Union ever came to nuclear war.

• Soviet Missile Crisis

• U.S. Missile Crisis

• Missile Launch

• Cuban Missile Crisis

War that lasted from 1955 till 1975 between Communist North Vietnam backed by the Soviet Union & China and Democratic South Vietnam backed by the United States.

• Korean War

• World War II

• Vietnam War

• Cold War

The ​ (a)   was produced with the hope that it would restore the advantage of the United States over the Soviet Union. It was 1,000 times as powerful as an ​ (b)   .

• hydrogen bomb
• atomic bomb
• satellite states
• Berlin airlift

Under the policy of ​ (a)   , the United States and the Soviet Union built up enough weapons to destroy each other.

• mutually assured destruction
• satellite states
• Berlin airlift
• hydrogen bomb
• atomic bomb