- Cold War & Europe Maps

Government in which the people rule and vote for their leaders

Which nation is found between the Adriatic and Aegen Seas

This is an INdirect conflict between the 2 superpowers

This president wanted to "contain" the Soviet Union and keep communism from spreading in the late 1940's.

What was the result of the Vietnam War?

In the Vietnam War, the US fought against the communist government of ________

Where is Madrid?

What did the Soviets build to keep people in?

When did the Soviet Union break up?

The US and USSR built 1000s of huge atomic bombs during the Cold War. This is called the...

Where is Stockholm?

This was the slogan of the Russian Revolution

What is another name for the Truman Doctrine?

Which economic system did most Western nations adopt?

What is the Warsaw Pact?

Putin seems to be trying to expand Russian power again by

This body of water is north of Poland and south of Sweden

This nation has the Vistual River and Warsaw as its capital

These mountains are found in Swizterland

Under communist thinking the workers were called ____ while the owners were known as ____________

Which country was part of the Warsaw Pact?

Which of these countries was NOT part of NATO?

This French word means an easing of tensions

This was the first democratically elected leader of Russia, he was in charge for most of the 1990's

This is the capital of an island nation

When the USSR blocked access for supplies to West Berlin, what was the US response called?

What is NATO?

Government owns all the land and businesses. People are NOT free to vote.

What was the result of the Korean war?

These 2 transformed the Russian economy in the late 1980's

What is the capital of Ireland?

The Cold War ended in 1991 when...

This policy allowed the Russians more freedom or openess in the 1990's

Which of these was a real, physical barrier between communist and democratic countries?

This nation sits on the Adriatic Sea

Why is the conflict between the US and USSR called a "Cold War?"

This is the capital of France

This explains the US getting involved in the Korean and Vietnam Wars

This body of water is runs through the capital of the UK

These 3 were critical to Russian turing to communism between 1917-1927

These nations fell under the Soviet "sphere of influence"

What does NATO stand for?

US program of economic aid to European countries so they would not fall to communism

Leader of the USSR after Stalin died. Involved in Berlin Wall and Cuban Missile Crisis.

President Kennedy ordered Khrushchev to remove nuclear weapons from Cuba. This is called...

Brutal leader of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War. Killed many people.

The Cold War was between which two big ideas?

This body of water is between Spain and North Africa

Which event happened FIRST?

This longest river in Europe travel west to east and empties into the Black Sea

This English thinker developed capitalism

This was the last leader of the Soviet Union

Which event was a major factor in causing the Russian Revolution

What is the "iron curtain?"

Why did the US fight in the Korean War and the Vietnam War?

This German writer devloped the concept of communism

President during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Told Khrushchev to take the missiles out of Cuba.

Which two superpower countries "fought" in the Cold War?

What was organization formed after WWII to promote peace and international cooperation?

This body of water is between the UK and France

Russia gave up land in this treaty to get out of World War One

Which event happened LAST?

What is the capital of Ukraine?

What was the title for Russian leaders for 300 years?

In the Korean war, the US fought on the side of ______

Who gave the "Iron Curtain" speech?