AP European History - Cold War Review

The Common Market, set up in 1947 did all of the following except

Why is the Cuban Missile Crisis considered the height of the Cold War?

Which war began and ended at the 38th parallel?

What was the alliance established by European communist nations in response to NATO called?

After World War II, the Soviet Union took over Eastern Europe to

Why was NATO created?

One of Gorbachev’s key policies was perestroika, which meant

What did Winston Churchill call the line between western and communist bloc countries?

Which of these is true about Soviet satellite nations?

The 1947 Truman Doctrine committed the United States

Crucial to the downfall of Communism in Poland was the rise of “Solidarity," which was

In the Cold War, the U.S. and USSR were reluctant to get involved in direct conflict because

Why did the Soviet Union build the Berlin Wall?

U.S. involvement in Vietnam/Soviet involvement in Afghanistan were motivated by desire to

The Truman doctrine said this about communism

What plan gave Europe billions to rebuild following WWII so nations wouldn't turn to communism:

What was the name of the Russian Satellite that was first in to be sent into orbit?

What year did the Cold War end?

In 1974, the Western economic boom of the previous 25 years ended because

The gov't owns the means of production and makes the economic decisions in a system known as

Acronym that meant if either U.S./USSR used nuclear weapons, they would destroy the world.

One reason for the collapse of Communist economic systems in Eastern Europe was that they

Transition of power in Eastern Europe at the end of the Cold War was peaceful everywhere except

Gorbachev’s second key policy was glasnost, which meant

Stalin blockaded this German city, but it was supplied by American planes with an airlift: