Stalin kept his promise to hold elections in the satellite countries (occupied countries of Eastern Europe).

The plan by the United States to "contain" Soviet expansion is known as the policy of containment.

Originally, at the end of WWII, how many zones was Germany divided into?

What is a delivery of supplies by airplane called?

Which Allied power from WWII ran East Germany?

Which came first, the Vietnam War or the Korean War?

When did the Cold War begin?

An economic and political system based on one-party government and state ownership of property.

Its goal was to prevent the further spread of communism.

Countries that were dominated politically and economically by another nation

A phrase used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the imaginary line that separated Communist countries in the Soviet bloc of Eastern Europe from the countries in Western Europe.

A 327-day operation in which U.S. and British planes flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded the city in 1948.

Military alliance created in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries including the United States that support each other if attacked.

A Military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites.

35th President of the United States. Was in office during the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis and the building of the Berlin Wall.

Communist dictator of Cuba who came into power in 1959.

13 Day period in October 1962 when Soviet nuclear missile were pointed at the United States in Cuba.

A concrete wall that separated East Berlin and West Berlin from 1961-1989, built by Communist East German government to prevent its citizens from fleeing to the West.

Soviet leader during and for a time period after World War II, dies in the middle of the Korean War in 1953.

The South part of Korea is Communist.

First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.

The idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control

An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.

A prolonged war between the communist armies of North Vietnam and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.

President of the USA from 1981-1989. He said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

West Germany was

The Soviet response to NATO was _

Which President withdrew American troops from Vietnam?