Cold war

Question 1

when did the cold war take place.

Answer 1

1945-1991

Question 2

what terms tells us that if a nuclear war happened between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., both sides would likely be destroyed along with the rest of the world?

Answer 2

Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 3

What are the first two weapons of a cold war?

Answer 3

Threats and intimidation.

Question 4

what cold war weapon involves spreading information and stories- which aren’t always true-to make your enemy look bad and yourself look good?

Answer 4

Propaganda.

Question 5

what two things did both the US and USSR often send to other countries that opposed their enemies?

Answer 5

economic and military aid

Question 6

What is it called when powerful enemy countries don’t fight each other directly, but they support other countries or groups to fight instead.

Answer 6

Proxy Wars

Question 7

What had America done back during the Russian civil war that Russia still resented for years.

Answer 7

sent troops to fight against the Bolsheviks “red army”

Question 8

what do we call a philosophy or way of thinking?

Answer 8

Ideology

Question 9

U.S.A.
economic systems

Answer 9

capitalism, private ownership

Question 10

U.S.A.
Government systems

Answer 10

Democracy
government of the people

Question 11

U.S.A
major values

Answer 11

personal freedom, Individualism

Question 12

U.S.S.R.
Economic systems

Answer 12

Socialism/Communism government
Classes society with no rich or poor

Question 13

U.S.S.R.
Government systems

Answer 13

Totalitarianism
government led by a dictator

Question 14

U.S.S.R
Major Values

Answer 14

Equality,
valuing basic needs for all people.

Question 15

U.S.S.R.
Major values

Answer 15

Equality,collectivism
valuing basic needs

Question 16

What was the U.S.’s relationship with the Soviet Union like during word war II?

Answer 16

technically allies

Question 17

what news made Stalin’s suspicions of the us worse?

Answer 17

u.s. had nuclear weapons

Question 18

what do we call the eastern European nations that were influenced and controlled by the USSR like puppets?

Answer 18

Satellite nations

Question 19

What did Stalin hope to use the Eastern European countries to create between the Soviet Union and Western Europe?

Answer 19

Buffer zone

Question 20

what do we call the imaginary line that separated communist Eastern Europe from the rest of Europe?

Answer 20

Iron curtain

Question 21

what is the name for President Truman’s policy that sought to stop Soviet influence and communism from spreading?

Answer 21

Containment

Question 22

what is the name for the policy that promised military and economic help to Any Nation threatened by communism and what countries did it help?

Answer 22

Truman doctrine
turkey and greece

Question 23

what offered 13 billion dollars to help rebuild the economies of post-war Europe?

Answer 23

Marshall plan

Question 24

what did the Allies temporarily divide Germany and Berlin into after World War II and what was the goal?

Answer 24

Four zones
help rebuild Germany

Question 25

What did Stalin order around West Berlin to try to starve the people into accepting communism?

Answer 25

Blockade

Question 26

what does NATO stand for and what did the alliance offer for Democratic countries in Western Europe and North America when it formed in 1949?

Answer 26

North Atlantic Treaty Organization collective security

Question 27

What was the name of the bloc/military alliance formed by the USSR and its Eastern European and communist satellites in response to NATO?

Answer 27

Warshaw pact

Question 28

What was the name of the U.S.'s intelligence agency, and what was the name of the Soviet unions?

Answer 28

U.S.- central intelligence agency U.S.S.R. Committee for state security