Cold War / Communism in China

The US (and other allies) goal to keep the Soviet Union from expanding communism into more countries

• Imperialism

• Containment

• Ideology Blockade

• Uniformity

The first major conflict between the USSR and US, success for the US

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Berlin Blockade

• Invasion of Poland

An alliance of Western, democratic nations in response to the Soviet Union

• Warsaw Pact

• European Union

• NATO

• OPEC

A proxy war of the Cold War that resulted in a stalemate

• The Vietnam War

• The Chinese Civil War

• The Cuban Revolution

• The Korean War

A military alliance between the USSR and its satellite states as a response to NATO

• Communist Compact

• Warsaw Pact

• Soviet Alliance

• ASEAN

A proxy war of the Cold War in which the northern communist half of the country came out victorious

• Korean War

• The Spanish War

• The Vietnam War

• The Ukrainian Revolution

Which country first successfully sent a satellite into orbit during the Space Race

• USSR

• US

Which country first successfully sent a man to the moon during the Space Race

• USSR

• US

A physical wall built through the capitol of Germany to split the city into a communist half and democratic half

• Iron Curtain

• Division of Democracy

• The Western Wall

• The Berlin Wall

The closest the Cold War came to actual warfare, Soviet missiles were found 100 miles from a US Coast

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The Turkish Invasion

• The Taiwan Invasion