Cold War

Which country supported Capitalism and Democracy?

• China

• Russia

• South Africa

• US

Alliance among teh U.S., Canada, and nine Western European countries.

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• SALT

• Watergate

Policy of lessening Cold War tensions.

• detente

• SALT

• NATO

• containment

Alliance among the Soviet Union and seven satellite states in Easter Europe.

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• SALT

• USSR

The state of tension between nations without armed conflict between the main rivals was known as the...

• iron curtain

• Marshall Plan

• Cold War

• world war

Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Cold War?

• President Richard Nixon's visit to China

• tearing down the Berlin Wall

• withdrawal fo United States troops from Vietnam

• sending United States troops to Afghanistan

Which best describes the underlying causes of the Cold War?

• bitter personal disputes between Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman

• the remaining anger of enemies on the opposing sides of WWII

• economic and political differences between the United States and the Soviet Union

What happened to Germany after WWII?

• Germany was divided into occupied zones, which later became East and West Germany

• Germany had to give up its colonies and give some land to France

• Germany had to take full responsibility for the war and pay reparations

This speech delivered by Senator Joseph McCarthy contributed to -

• funding for the NASA space program to beat the Soviets to the moon
• growing fear that Communists were secretly taking over the United States government
• the resignation of President Truman
• Americans supporting the war in Korea

The arms race between the Soviets and Americans was about -

• seeing who could develop the first nuclear weapon
• trying to be the first to put a man on the moon
• developing the more nuclear advanced weapons than the other country
• limiting the influence of the Soviet Union on global affairs