Cold War Review

The ______ was a state of tension – almost war – between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. They supported opposite sides in many smaller wars, but they never actually went to war directly with each other.

• Cold War
• Vietnam War
• Civil War
• WW2

The U.S. and Soviet Union were the two _. Most countries were on one side or the other.

• Superheros
• Superpowers
• Superpowders
• Supercalifragilistic

The United States was _ and _ (free elections, free market, people can own things)

• communist and democratic
• dictatorial and capitalist 
• democratic and capitalist
• communist and dictatorial

The Soviet Union was _ and _ (the government controls the economy and has total power)

• communist and democratic
• dictatorial and capitalist 
• democratic and capitalist
• communist and dictatorial

_ was the U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism, or “contain” it.

• Containment 
• Communism
• Domino Theory
• Berlin Crisis

Communist North invaded west-backed South  in 1950, five years after the end of World War II and less than a year after Communists took over China. The U.S. and United Nations helped South , and China helped North , with support from the Soviet Union.

• Korean War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Vietnam
• End of the Cold War

The Soviet Union put nuclear weapons, just 90 miles from the U.S. The U.S. spotted them with spy planes and demanded they be removed. After lots of yelling and tough talk and a U.S. naval blockade, the Soviets finally pulled the missiles out. Many people thought nuclear war – and maybe the end of the world as we know it – was about to break out.

• Korean War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Vietnam
• End of the Cold War

In the late 1980s, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev began to allow more freedom in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Some countries elected non-Communist governments and opened their borders with the west (the Iron Curtain). In 1989, East Germany opened up the gates of the Berlin Wall. The wall was soon torn down, and Germany was reunited. The fall of the Berlin Wall is often considered the symbolic end of the Cold war.

• Korean War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Vietnam
• End of the Cold War

What country led NATO?

•  USA
•  USSR
• China
• Vietnam

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

• to stop the spread of Communism
• to stop fighting between the United States and the SovietUnion
• to stop people in East  from escaping to freedom in the West
• to help Communists take power