WorksheetsF&C: The Cold War Vocabulary
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 10mins
During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?
Open Door Policy
Big Stick Policy
Containment Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism, mainly to help Greece and Turkey.
Truman Doctrine
Marshal Plan
Eisenhower Doctrine
Domino Theory
A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union on who can supply their arsenal with more weapons?
Arms Race
Domino Theory
Massive Retaliation
Cold War
A military and defense alliance formed by 12 countries in Western Europe and North America designed to promote global justice and cooperation with member democratic nations.
NATO
WARSAW
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
A system where the government controls business
An economic system where the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit!
A economic system in which the people have limited rights
An economic system in which most property and resources, such as factories or farms, are publicly owned or controlled.
a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Capitalism
Imperialism
Socialism
Communism
A political system where the government is run by a dictator who controls the nation with absolute power
democracy
totalitarian
command economy
oligarchy
America provided economic assistance to bankrupt Western Europe and vowed to halt the spread communism
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
containment
exacerbate
communist state agreement meant to counteract NATO
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
Marshall Plan
the practice of pushing a dangerous situation to the limit of safety before stopping
brinkmanship
massive retaliation
New Look Policy
domino theory
An imaginary line that separated Communist countries in the Soviet Bloc of Eastern Europe (USSR) from countries in Western Europe.
Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
Czech Curtain
Greenwich Mean Time
the period of political, ideological and economic rivalry that occurred after World War II between the former USSR and its communist allies and the United States and its democratic allies.
Cold War
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Eastern Bloc
Which are features of Democracy?
Democracy is a form of government in which the rulers are elected by the people.
Elections offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers
The choice and opportunity is available to all the people on an equal basis
The government controls the economy and industry
