The Cold War Minor

How did the Western Allies (Great Britain, USA, France) react to the Communist blockade of West Berlin's supply routes?

• Berlin Airlift

• Cuban Missile Crisis

What is the reason behind the use of the term 'Cold War' for this period?

• No actual combat occurred between the opposing sides

• The planet experienced a Nuclear Winter

What economic system is characterized by government regulation of industries, workforce, and products to ensure 'equality' among citizens?

• Isolationism

• Communism

Identify the factors that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Select 2 options.

• Strained relations between the US and Cuba

• Deployment of Soviet missiles in Cuba

• American missiles targeting Cuba

• Cuban leadership's threats towards the Soviet Union

Which form of government permits citizens to directly elect their representatives?

• aristocracy

• democracy

What did the Iron Curtain represent?

• The divide between the Capitalist and Communist countries

• The physical border of the USSR

Which American figure incited fear and led numerous prosecutions against citizens accused of being 'Communists'?

• Harry Truman

• Joseph McCarthy

Which was the first significant conflict involving combat in the early 1950s?

• Berlin War

• Korean War

This alliance was established to curb the influence of communism among independent countries.

• MATO

• NATO

What was the conflict between North and South Vietnam that led to U.S. intervention to assist South Vietnam in preventing the spread of communism?

• WWII

• Vietnam War