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WorksheetsEarly Cold War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Super Powers
The United States and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
A 1949 defense alliance initiated by the US, Canada, and 10 Western European nations
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO
Containment
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin
A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
Satellite Nations
A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation.
A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.
Couple executed for giving military secrets to the Soviets in the 1950's
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
Competition between the United States and Soviet Union in the area of military weapons
Arms Race
Berlin Airlift
Space Race
Superpower
Military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and other communist nations
NATO
Capitalism
Domino theory
Warsaw Pact
A system where individuals control businesses and property
Communism
Capitalism
A system where Governments own most businesses
Communism
Capitalism
International military alliance created by non communist countries after ww2
NATO
Superpower
Arms Race
Containment
When two sides use third parties to fight rather than fighting each other directly. The Korean War and the Vietnam War are examples.
Domino Theory
Proxy War
Arms Race
Superpower Smackdown
A ___________ shows the names of people whom employers agree not to hire.
HUAC
Arms Race
Berlin Airlift
Blacklist
To eliminate weapons, military, and fortifications from an area
Appeasement
Demilitarize
Genocide
Sanction
Should the US launch nukes towards the Soviets, they will retaliate by launching nukes back at Americans. What is this principle called?
Arms Race
Espionage
Mutually Assured Destruction
Space Race
Constitutional amendment which protects us from self incrimination.
First Amendment
Second Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Seventh Amendment
Belief that a country has to be willing to go to the brink of war to discourage communist aggression & prevent war.
Dullesmanship
Massive Retaliation
Brinkmanship
Truman Doctrine
