The Cold War

What is the Warsaw Pact?

What does the term Détente mean?

The name of the communist leader of N.Vietnam who ordered the invasion of S.Vietnam

__is the belief that if S.V. became communist, other countries in the southeast asia will too.

The name given to the communist guerrilla forces fighting against the government of S.Vietnam

What is the Berlin Airlift?

The US sent troops to prevent a communist takeover in which country during what war?

___ is a military alliance composed of the US & its allies from democratic/ capitalist W.Europe

Time when theUSSRwas found placing nuclearweapons in cuba which put nations on the brink of war

What is the United Nations?

These nicknames were given to individuals who were pro-war and anti-war during the Vietnam era.

What is the Iron Curtain

What German city became the focus of the Cold War & was divided by a by a barrier?

___ is the American proposal to help European nations rebuild their economies after WW2

This large Asian nation fell to communist in 1949&began to spread it influence to its neighbors

After WW2 this area was controlled by the U.S.S.R and became known as the "satellite" states?

a Soviet satellite launched into spacewhich led to the founding of NASA&expansion of theUSspace

Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of speaking out openly and honestly about problems in the USSR

This conflict began when the communist North invaded the non-communist in the summer of 1950

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WW2 and the beginning of the Cold War?

What country invaded the neighbor to the S in1950 in a unsuccessful attempt to convert to commu

The policy of man companies which was utilized to prevent those suspected of commu getting jobs

Thecase which therights of studentsto exercise their rightsto free speech inschool duringthe VW

Who is the leader of Cuba, who led a successful communist revolt n the nation in 1959?

This 1947 plan give US economic aid to countries threatened by communist

What is the Bay of Pigs?

is the britishprime ministerwho gave theterm about the invisible barrier that % comm&dem europe

What is the Gulf of Tonkin?

The policy of trying to prevent the spread of Soviet or communist influence is called:

This Soviet leader took over after Stalin died in 1953,&lead the nation to the eight of the CW