Chapter 18 - The Cold War

Exiled Cuban fighters invaded Cuba at the _______________________.

What is NATO?  What did the Soviets do in response to NATO?

Which option did U.S utilize when a spy plane confirmed presence of missiles in Cuba?

U.S President in charge during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Which was the first area of conflict between the US and USSR political ideals after WWII?

A policy that proposed huge arsenals of nuclear weapons on both sides prevented war.

Who won in the Civil War for China?  Who was the leader?

Soviet based economic assistance program for Eastern European states

A country that is economically and politically dependent on another country

The first manmade space satellite put into orbit around Earth.

The agreement between US and Vietnam that allowed US to withdraw troops from Vietnam.

Which line partitioned Vietnam into North and South?

The USSR and US were involved in _______ when they used substitutes to fight each other.

A major offensive launched by North Vietnam & VietCong during the Vietnamese New Year.

The ____ proposed that if one country fell to communism, surrounding countries would also fall.

Who is the current leader of North Korea?

What country became a communist nation in 1949?

leader of the Communist Party in Vietnam

What was the Berlin Blockade?  What did the US do because of it?

What was the symbol of the Cold War?  Why was it built?

a giant collective farm where people worked and lived together in Mao's China

At the end of WWII, which country refused to end its colonial rule in Vietnam?

What did the Marshall Plan do?  Why?