Cold War Vocab Quiz

1950-1953 Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea and came to involve the United Nations (primarily the United States) allying with South Korea and the People's Republic of China allying with North Korea.

• Berlin Airlift

• Korean War

• Bay Of Pigs Invasion

• Vietnam War

Established U.S. Cold War Foreign policy; U.S. will aid any nation fighting communism. Truman meant Europe ----> applied worldwide

• Marshall Plan

• Ideology

• Warsaw Pact

• Truman Doctrine

A state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world.

• Collective Security

• Superpower

• Warsaw Pact

• Containment

An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

System in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all.

• Communism

• Collective Security

• Containment

• United Nations

A U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II.

• Marshall Plan

• Warsaw Pact

• Truman Doctrine

• Berlin Airlift

War of "words" creating tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union without any actual direct fighting between the two from 1945-199.

• Korean War

• The Cold War

• Warsaw Pact

• Vietnam War

A supposedly independent country under the control of a powerful neighbor is known as:

• Welfare State

• Single-party State

• Communist State

• Puppet State

Which policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism by providing military and economic aid to vulnerable countries?

• The Roosevelt Corollary

• The Marshall Plan

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Eisenhower Doctrine

What was the Truman Doctrine primarily aimed at?

• Providing economic aid to war-torn Europe

• Establishing NATO

• Containing the spread of communism

• Promoting democracy in the Middle East