Mr. Morris- WH- Cold War Quiz

The U.S. and the Soviet Union were called superpowers. Define superpower

Imaginary wall dividing Western and Eastern Europe, as described by Winston Churchill

In the 1980's North and South Korea both changed to democracy

After WWII, the U.S. offered financial assistance to war-torn European nations through

This greatly increased the number of troops sent to Vietnam

The era of conflict between the United States and Soviet Union became known as

The Truman Doctrine was based on the idea of

The Cold War was terrifying because the United States and Soviet Union had

This conflict became the Soviet Union's "Vietnam."

What was the name given to the United States' defensive alliance with other nations?

detente is 

Once the U.S. left Vietnam,

This was Mao's unsuccessful plan to improve and industrial and farm production

In the 1990's, China made economic reforms borrowing from capitalism. This led to

The American policy of taking measures to prevent the spread of communism into free countries

If one country fell to communism, then surrounding countries would follow is called

This almost brought the world to nuclear war in 1962

Gorbachev's efforts to "reform" the Soviet Union led to

The restructuring of the Soviet economy and government

The "real" divide between the West and East during the Cold War

Stalin broke this promise regarding Eastern Europe

While the United States advocates democracy and capitalism, the Soviet Union advocated