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WorksheetsTopic 20 Cold War in Europe Academic Language (WS 2026))
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 33mins
Match the following
President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
33rd President of the United States. Shaped U.S. foreign policy regarding the Soviet Union after the WWII
Harry Truman
President 1981 - 1989 noted for changing strategy from containment to defeating soviet union through economic and diplomatic pressure. Negotiated with Gorbachev and signed the INF Treaty, helping reduce nuclear arms
Ronald Reagan
nations with economic resources and military might to dominate the globe (a)
An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
KGB
League of Nations
CIA
a political, military and ideological "curtain" split between the democratic nations and communist nations in Europe (a)
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world (a)
Match the following
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
Truman Doctrine
supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin
Berlin Airlift
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) helped reduce communist influence
Marshall Plan
Soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy.
Berlin Blockade
Match the following
a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political policy
Ideology
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.
Communism
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Capitalism
A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Democracy
an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.
Command Economy
the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries. (a)
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. (a)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries (a)
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. (a)
The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba. (a)
A doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two opposing sides would effectively result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender. (a)
an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest
Gestapo
NKVD
KGB
Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons (a)
A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union. (a)
the first space satellite, launched by Soviet Union (a)
A policy of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev which called for more openness with the nations of West, and a relaxing of restraints on Soviet citizenry. (a)
A policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the economy and government in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society (a)
A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation. (a)
Soviet intelligence gathering agency used to spy on foreign and domestic enemies
KGB
CIA
United Nations
League of Nations
social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor
Containment
Truman Doctrine
De-Stalinization
Detente
the act of spying, especially a government spy obtaining secrets of another government
Containment
Detente
Truman Doctrine
Espionage
a war in which the powers in conflict use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly
Limited War
Cold War
Total War
Proxy War
Hot War
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
Propaganda
Glasnost
Perestroika
Deterrance
The principle of not backing down in a crisis, even if it meant taking the country to the brink of war. Policy of both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the Cold War.
Truman Doctrine
Cold War
Containment
Brinkmanship
M.A.D.
Match the following
Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)
Fidel Castro
A Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also famous for denouncing Stalin and allowed criticism of Stalin within Russia. Sought peaceful coexistence with the West
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and encouraged openness and political reform
Mikhail Gorbachev
