Cold War Review

After WWII, Germany was split up with Soviets controlling ___ and the U.S., France, and Great Britain controlling ____.

Who served as the United States' president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Why was the Berlin wall created?

In 1962, the Soviets caused mass panic after placing nuclear weapons in _____, which is a short distance from the US.

The economic system in which citizens of a nation have total freedom to own and control the means of production is. . .

The United States economic policy is based on ____ while the Soviet Union was based on ______.

_______ was a Cuban revolutionary and Communist who led Cuba from 1959-2008.

From the United States' perspective, which of the following is an example of a proxy war?

What was the name of the first chimp the U.S. sent to space?

The two global super powers that emerged after World War II were. . .

______ is a war started by a major power or 2 major powers without one or both major powers becoming militarily inolved.

_______ was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1922-1953 and is responsible for wide scale deportations and executions.

During the Korean War, the United States allied. . .

President Eisenhower worried that the military was too close to private businesses making weapons. He called this the

MAD was a nuclear war policy adopted by the United States and stood for. . .

In the Soviet Union, ___________ took control of all economic planning.

The _______ was a U.S. aid plan designed to bring economic recovery and growth to Europe.

What does NASA stand for?

What does the acronym NATO stand for?

Which of the following is credited for inspiring communism?

Which of the following correctly describes why Americans were concernced after the Soviets launched Sputnik into space?

Partially as a result of Sputnik, the United States. . .

The _______ created a blacklist of Americans who were suspected to be Communist, often with little evidence.

The Bay of Pigs. . .

The United States adopted the policy of ________, which meant preventing communism from spreading to other countries.