Cold War Study Guide

An international peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world.

• United Nations

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• SALT Treaties

During the Cold War, the boundary separating the Communist nations of Eastern Europe form the mostly democratic nations of Western Europe.

• 38th Parallel

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Wall

• Warsaw Pact

Announced by President Harry Truman in 1947, a U.S. policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents.

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Brinkmanship

• NATO

A defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the United States, and Canada.

• NATO

• United Nations

• Warsaw Pact

• MAD

A military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries.

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• MAD

Group of Communist guerrillas who, with the help of North Vietnam fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War.

• Vietcong

• Black Hand

• Hamas

• Revolutionary Guard

A policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression.

• Containment

• Brinkmanship

• Glasnost

• MAD

A policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the late 1940s, in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances.

• Marshall Plan

• Containment

• Brinkmanship

• Truman Doctrine

A U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after WWII.

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Brinkmanship

• MAD

What two areas do the Palestinians live in today?

• Israel and the Gaza Strip

• West Bank and the Gaza Strip

• Egypt and the Gaza Strip

• Israel and West Bank