Cold War Vocabulary

A U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism by resisting Soviet influence around the world is called _________.

• Containment

• Isolationism

• Appeasement

• Detente

A promise that the U.S. would support countries resisting communism, and promoted self-determination is known as the _________?

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Monroe Doctrine

• Eisenhower Doctrine

The U.S. financial aid program to help European countries rebuild after WWII and avoid falling to communism is called the _________

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Berlin Airlift

• NATO

A military alliance between the U.S., Canada, and Western European countries to defend against Soviet aggression is called _________.

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• SEATO

The U.S. and Allied effort to fly supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet blockade in 1948 is known as the _________.

• Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Operation Overlord

A military alliance of communist nations created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO is called the _________.

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• NATO

• European Union

The dividing line between North and South Korea after WWII and during the Korean War is called the _________.

• 38th Parallel

• 17th Parallel

• Mason-Dixon Line

• Iron Curtain

The communist leader of North Korea during the Korean War was _________.

• Kim Il Sung

• Syngman Rhee

• Mao Zedong

• Ho Chi Minh

The anti-communist leader of South Korea during the Korean War was _________.

• Syngman Rhee

• Kim Il-sung

• Mao Zedong

• Ho Chi Minh

The belief that if one country fell to communism, nearby countries would too is called the _________

• Domino Theory

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Iron Curtain