Cold War Vocabulary Review

Question 1

A defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the United States, and Canada is called?

Accepted Answer

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 2

Which word means: idea that if a nation falls under Communist control, nearby nations also fall under Communist control.

Accepted Answer

Domino Theory

Question 3

What do you call: a foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities?

Accepted Answer

Sphere of influence

Question 4

Which word would be used to describe a time when power is equally balanced?

Accepted Answer

Balance of power

Question 5

communism is an economic system that states all property is owned by the government.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

A Soviet policy of openness to the free flow of ideas and information, introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev, is called ?

Accepted Answer

Glasnost

Question 7

Which is: military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European countries?

Accepted Answer

Warsaw Pact

Question 8

Capitalism in a political system where the government has control over all property.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

What was created by President Nixon to lessen Cold War tension?

Accepted Answer

Détente

Question 10

Which word means: series of meetings in 1970s, leaders of the U.S and USSR agree to limit their stocks of nuclear weapon

Accepted Answer

SALT

Question 11

Although Germany was originally divided, the ultimate goal was for?

Accepted Answer

reunification

Question 12

....was formed to separate the Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the mostly democratic nations of Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

Iron Curtain

Question 13

The UN agreed to _________, which declared that all human beings have rights to life, liberty, and security?

Accepted Answer

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Question 14

All of the allies, except the USSR, wanted all countries to have...?

Accepted Answer

Self-Determination

Question 15

What is the U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II?

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan

Question 16

Which of the following is the policy the U.S. made to help fight communism?

Accepted Answer

The Truman doctrine

Question 17

An international peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world is called?

Accepted Answer

United Nations

Question 18

A policy of threatening to go to war in response to enemy aggression is called?

Accepted Answer

Brinkmanship

Question 19

Joseph Stalin used the Great Purge to remove all opponents from the USSR.

Accepted Answer

True

Questions 19