Cold War Foreign Policy Post-WWII

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched ________. This was the first artificial satellite in space.

The breakup of the Soviet Union and the ______ signaled the collapse of communism in Europe.

He was the communist dictator of Cuba from 1961 until 2011.

Disagreements over the capital of Germany led to the construction of the ________ _______.

NATO stands for ______ ______ ______ _______.

The Space Race was a competition for ______ _______ between the United States and Soviet Union.

What was formed near the end of WWII to prevent future global wars?

The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in October of _______. (HINT: It happened 63 years ago)

Which number on the map is Korea?

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

In the years following WWII, the Soviet Union dominated -----

The ________ _________ was formed to oppose NATO.

Which number on the map is East Germany?

What were the years of the Korean War? (HINT: It began 5 years after the end of WWII)

Which number on the map is West Germany?

Which of these countries were communist during the Cold War ?

This was a state of tension between the United States and Soviet Union without actual fighting.

The belief that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to communism the rest would follow.

Following its defeat, Japan adopted a ______ form of government and became an ally of the U.S.

Following WWII, which numbered country on the map became a democracy?

Which of the following countries occupied West Germany until it could resume self-government?

South Korea is a communist country.

Americans were _________ over whether the U.S. should be involved militarily in Vietnam.

In 1987, he told Mikhail Gorbachev (premier of Soviet Union) to, "Tear Down This Wall!"

Which of the following were communist dictators during the Cold War?

A new challenge is the role of U.S. military ________.

NATO was part of ________ which was America's policy to stop the spread of communism.

The Soviet Union removed their missiles from Cuba in response to a -----

What describes the Soviet Union during the years of the Cold War?

Which number on the map is Vietnam?

____ ______ was the name for the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate worlds.

A post-Cold War challenge is the emergence of _______ as a global economic and military power.

What describes the United States during the years of the Cold War?

How did the Korean War end?