Cold War Vocabulary and Study Guide

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Who coined the term "Iron Curtain"?

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

What was the Space Race?

• A competition to develop nuclear weapons

• A race to explore the ocean depths

• A competition in space exploration between the US and the Soviet Union

• A race to build the fastest aircraft

What significant event marked the culmination of the Space Race?

• Launch of the first satellite

• First human landing on the moon

• First space station

• First manned mission to Mars

What was the Berlin Wall a symbol of?

• Economic cooperation

• Division between communist and capitalist ideologies

• Military alliance

• Cultural exchange

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• A trade agreement between the US and Cuba

• A 13-day confrontation over Soviet missiles in Cuba

• A peace treaty between the US and the Soviet Union

• A cultural exchange program

What is brinkmanship?

• A diplomatic strategy to avoid conflict

• The practice of pushing dangerous events to the brink of conflict

• A method of economic cooperation

• A cultural exchange program

What was the Marshall Plan designed to do?

• Promote space exploration

• Reconstruct and contain post-war Europe

• Establish new trade agreements

• End the Cold War

What was a key outcome of the Korean War?

• Unification of Korea

• Continued division of Korea

• Establishment of the European Union

• End of the Cold War

What was the main goal of the Marshall Plan?

• To promote space exploration

• To rebuild and stabilize Europe

• To end the Korean War

• To establish NATO