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WorksheetsCold War Vocabulary
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
U.S. foreign policy that focused on stopping the spread of communism.
Berlin Wall
Communism
Containment
Cold War
A type of government in which the government owns all property and the people have limited freedoms. Communism began in the Soviet Union.
Democracy
Socialism
Facism
Communism
Wall built that separated East and West Berlin, Germany. Built by the Soviet Union to stop the German people from moving from East Berlin (communism) to West Berlin (democracy). The tearing down of the Berlin Wall represented the end of the Cold War.
The Great Wall
Border Patrol
Berlin Wall
Containment
Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to build up weapons.
Arms Race
Space Race
Foot Race
Three legged race
Competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in regards to space exploration.
Arms Race
Cold War
Space Race
Korean War
War that lasted from 1950 to 1953 between Communist North Korea and democratic South Korea to unite Korea under communism.
Vietnam War
Cold War
World War I
Korean War
A 13 day confrontation between Cuba backed by the Soviet Union and the U.S. in which Cuba had missiles aimed at the U.S. This event was the closest the U.S. and the Soviet Union ever came to nuclear war.
Soviet Missile Crisis
U.S. Missile Crisis
Missile Launch
Cuban Missile Crisis
War that lasted from 1955 till 1975 between Communist North Vietnam backed by the Soviet Union & China and Democratic South Vietnam backed by the United States.
Korean War
World War II
Vietnam War
Cold War
The (a) was produced with the hope that it would restore the advantage of the United States over the Soviet Union. It was 1,000 times as powerful as an (b) .
Under the policy of (a) , the United States and the Soviet Union built up enough weapons to destroy each other.
This political cartoon shows the conflict that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union. This event was called the _____________.
American Revolution
Manifest Destiny
Cold War
Civil War
