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WorksheetsGlobal Cold War Vocab
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Blockade
The leader of the communist revolution in
Cuba during the 1950’s, who became an
anti-American dictator.
Shutting off of a port to keep people or
supplies from moving in or out.
The Cold War policy of limiting the spread
of communism
All of the above
The leader of the communist revolution in
Cuba during the 1950’s, who became an
anti-American dictator.
JFK
Donald
Trump
Truman
Fidel Castro
Cuban Missile Crisis
An attempt by the Soviet Union
(U.S.S.R.) in 1962 to place nuclear
missiles in Cuba directed toward the
United States.
Crisis between Ukraine and Russia
Crisis on wanting more missile
A competition between superpowers to
develop new, more deadly nuclear and
conventional weapons.
A competition between superpowers to
develop new, more deadly nuclear and
conventional weapons.
Weapons Race
Race to the Top
Super Race
Arms Race
The state of tension and hostility between
the United States and the Soviet Union
after 1945 without large scale armed
conflict between the major powers.
Cold War
Persian Gulf War
WW1
WW2
Containment
The Cold War policy that limited the spread of democracy
The Cold War policy of limiting the spread
of communism
Holding hostages
All of the above
Belief that if one nation fell to
communism, neighboring nations would
also fall.
War Theory
Democracy
Domino Theory
None of the Above
Iron Curtain
The equators imaginary line
The imaginary line through Europe that
divided the democracies of the West from
the communist countries of the East.
How Hitler ruled
The food and economic aid package
launched by the United States to help
European countries rebuild after World
War II.
The food and economic aid package
launched by the United States to help
European countries rebuild after World
War II.
Marshall Plan
The US Europe Plan
Marsh Law
Aid
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (N.A.T.O.)
Military Enemies between the U.S., Canada, and western
Nations.
The military alliance for a mutual defense
between the U.S., Canada, and western
Nations.
A nation strong enough to influence the
acts and policies of other nations.
Superpower
Dominant Power
Truman Doctrine
The policy made by US President Truman
in 1947 that made it clear that Americans would join the Soviet Union and help them
Truman's Will
The policy made by US President Truman
in 1947 that made it clear that Americans
would resist Soviet expansion in Europe or
elsewhere in the world.
The massive relief effort of food and fuel
to democratic West Berlin following the
cut off by the Soviets.
Berlin Airlift
Borat Airlift
Soviet Drive
A massive concrete barrier, dividing
democratic West Berlin from communist
East Berlin. The wall acted as a symbol of
the Cold War and Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.)
Restrictions.
The Great Wall
Berlin Wall
Border
Leader of Solidarity that helped Poland
gain independence from the Soviet Union,
later became president of Poland in 1990
Lech Walesa
Truman
Fidel Castro
Donald Trump
An independent trade union that worked
for political change in Poland.
Defense
Solidarity
The Soviet leader who arrested and
imprisoned dissidents and claimed the right
to interfere with the Warsaw Pact.
Fidel Castro
Truman
Leonid Brezhnev
Lech Walesa
Détente
Easing tensions between Russian and Ukraine
Easing of tensions between the United
States and the Soviet Union in the 1970s
Policy of openness instituted by Soviet
leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s.
Détente
Glasnost
Solidarity
The last Communist leader of the Soviet
Union. He is known for his work to end
Cold War tensions, and changing the
Soviet government and economy.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Fidel Castro
Putin
Restructuring of the Soviet government
and economy in the 1980s
Perestroika
Restructuria
Change of the times
The leader of the Soviet Union following
Stalin ruling from 1953-1964. He favored
a peaceful co-existence with the West.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
A dependent state
Country
Satellites
Continent
The military alliance between the Soviet
Union and its eastern European satellites.
All of the Above
The Cold War Pact
The Truman Pact
The Warsaw Pact
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese nationalist who brought communism to North Vietnam during the latter part of the 20th century.
The last Communist leader of the Soviet
Union. He is known for his work to end
Cold War tensions, and changing the
Soviet government and economy.
