Duplicate of Cold War Vocabulary

What was the purpose of NATO?

The first satellite in space:

The US supported a failed invasion of Cuba at

He was the leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis:

The fear that if one country fell to communism then other countries would too:

This term describes the rapid buildup of weapons and military strength:

The government agency in charge of the space program:

Truman's policy of supporting democratic countries against the spread of communism.

The Korean war resulted in

The US senator who led a crusade against communism.

when Gorbachev discussed opening USSR to public criticism he used which term to describe it

The organization of the world's nations to promote world peace is called:

The Warsaw Pact was between what two groups?

The division between Eastern Europe and Western Europe is referred to as:

An active policy of de-Stalinization was started by which leader

He was a Soviet leader who was a ruthless dictator:

The plan to rebuild Europe after WWII:

The policy of trying to stop communism from spreading is called:

USSR discovered its "vietnam" was

What does the acronym NATO stand for?

He was the US President to succeed Roosevelt.

Russia attempting to set up a nuclear base in Cuba led to the:

Flying supplies into Berlin to defeat the Soviet blockade was called:

which leader finally dismantled the USSR

These were the 2 superpowers during the Cold War: