Unit 8 Test: The Cold War

A war where there is physical fighting, using weapons on each other & many deaths.

• HOT WAR

• COLD WAR

A type of war where the fighting consists of making threats, building & gathering weapons (not using them), forming alliances, & overall creating fear

• HOT WAR

• COLD WAR

Even though the United States and the Soviet Union didn’t fight each other during the Cold War, weaker countries did the fighting for them – this is called a

• Proxy War

• Pawn War

• Cold War

• Puppet War

The type of government that the United States has. The power comes from the people, who get to vote for their leaders. 

• Capitalist

• Communist

• Totalitarian (dictatorship)

• Democracy

The type of government that the Soviet Union had. The government leader had complete power & control.

• Capitalist

• Communist

• Totalitarian (dictatorship)

• Democracy

The type of economic system that the Soviet Union had. All money & resources were supposed to be shared equally to all the people.

• Capitalist

• Communist

• Totalitarian (dictatorship)

• Democracy

The type of economic system that the United States has. All money & resources resources should be earned, so some people would have more than others.

• Capitalist

• Communist

• Totalitarian (dictatorship)

• Democracy

The United States' plan during the Cold War to STOP the spread of communism.

• Domino Theory

• Containment

• Stop Drop & Roll

• Red Stop

The United States' belief during the Cold War that if one country became communist, all the surrounding countries would become communist too.

• Containment

• Domino Theory

• Contagious Theory

• Spreading Theory

Who were the two main superpowers left after World War II?

• The United States

• The Soviet Union

• Germany

• France