The Cold War: Key Concepts and Events

What two superpowers "fought" in the Cold War?

• The United States and The Soviet Union

• Germany and The United Kingdom

• The United States and Germany

• The Soviet Union and United Kingdom

Why was it called the Cold War?

• The Soviet Union and the US did not directly fight one another

• It took place in frigid Siberia

• There was an icy relationship between the US and The Soviet Union

• Chilly Willy

What were sources of tension between the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War?

• Nuclear Arms Race, Space Race, Ideological battle between communism and capitalism/democracy

• Culinary Differences, Space Race, Nuclear Arms Race

• Nuclear Arms Race, Space Race, Culinary Differences

• Ideological battle between communism and capitalism/democracy, Culinary Differences, Space Race

What form of government did Lenin introduce in Russia?

• Communism

• Tsarism

• Democratic

• Monarchy

What is a puppet government?

• A government run by its own people but controlled by an outside government

• A government controlled by a king or queen

• A government that gains power by military force

• A power vacuum

What did Stalin promise at the Yalta Conference?

• To hold free and fair elections in Eastern Europe

• To never use nuclear weapons

• To begin enriching uranium

• To help Truman defeat Japan in the Pacific Theater

Region occupied and controlled by The Soviet Union after WW2 to create a buffer zone between them and Germany?

• Eastern Block

• Western Europe

• Scandinavia

• North Africa

What marked the official declaration of the Cold War?

• The Stalin Accords

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Marshall Plan

• The Marxist Congress

What plan sent money to western European countries to aid in economic recovery?

• The Marshall Plan

• The Truman Accords

• The No Money fo Commies commission

• The Western Stimulus

What was the Berlin airlift a response to?

• Reunification of East and West Germany

• Soviet blockade of West Berlin

• German development of the atomic bomb

• Construction of the Berlin Wall