The Cold War

What did Winston Churchill and others call the countries surrounding the Soviet Union; creating a buffer between the west and Soviet Union?

• The Balkan Empire

• The Iron Curtain

• Sputnik

• The Warsaw pact

What was the Soviet spy agency equivalent to the American CIA?

• ICBM

• NATO

• SALT

• KGB

What was the goal of the Marshall Plan

• Help rebuild Europe after WWII

• Help the Soviets build the Berlin War

• Keep Capitalism important in the USSR

• Confront Communism in American States

The _ Theory was an American belief that if one country fell to communism it's neighboring countries would as well.

(a)  

What was the name of the failed U.S. attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro, communist leader of Cuba?

• The Cuban

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• The Space Race

• Checkpoint Charlie

• The Bay of Pigs

What conflict between the U.S. and the USSR almost brought the two countries to nuclear war?

• The Korean War

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Vietnam War

• The Communist Crisis

Which world leader was not part of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• JFK

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

• Winston Churchill

The _ Doctrine stated that the United States would confront communism anywhere in the world.

(a)  

What divided East and West Berlin?

• A river

• A wall

• A mountain range

• A picket fence

What alliance represented the United States and it's Cold War allies?

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Central Powers

• NAACP