Cold War Vocab/People Practice

Question 1

Nixon’s policy of ____ sought to relax tensions and relations between US & USSR during Cold War

Accepted Answer

Detente

Question 2

Response to the formation of NATO, USSR&E. bloc formed their own group known as______________

Accepted Answer

Warsaw Pact

Question 3

US policy of_______aimed at preventing the spread of communism.

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 4

Gorbachev's policy of “openness” in the USSR; allowed limited free speech & transparency

Accepted Answer

Glastnost

Question 5

USA, Canada, & 10 Western European nations formed___to protect against Communist aggression

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 6

Period of political tension 1945-1991, ending with the fall of Communism in the USSR

Accepted Answer

Cold War

Question 7

The Viet Cong utilized ___ warfare during the Vietnam War against the Americans.

Accepted Answer

Guerrilla

Question 8

Example: The Soviet___ was a group nations in Eastern Europe united by support of the USSR

Accepted Answer

Bloc

Question 9

First democratically elected leader of Russia after the collapse of the USSR

Accepted Answer

Boris Yeltsin

Question 10

Leader of the Kuomintang (KMT) during the Civil War in China

Accepted Answer

Chiang Kai-Shek

Question 11

This nationalist group was defeated by the Communists in China after a long civil war.

Accepted Answer

Kuomindang (KMT)

Question 12

Gorbachev’s plan known as ________ restructured Soviet economy in the 1980s.

Accepted Answer

Perestroika

Question 13

US military commander of UN forces in Korean War

Accepted Answer

MacArthur

Question 14

Soviet leader who created the reforms glasnost & perestroika

Accepted Answer

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 15

Example: Korean & Vietnam Wars, where USSR was not a major participant but supported 1 side

Accepted Answer

Proxy Wars

Question 16

Leader of the Chinese Communist Party, oversaw the Great Leap Forward

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Questions 16