Question | Answer |
Name the two superpower countries | United States & Soviet Union
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What country was dictatorial and communist? | Soviet Union
| What countries did the Soviet Union dominate during the Cold War? | Eastern European Countries
| America's policy of containment wanted to stop what? | Communism
| Complete this analogy: USA : NATO, Soviet Union : _________ | Warsaw Pact
| Where did the Soviets place missiles, leading to a missile crisis? | Cuba
| What did the US do to Cuba that caused the Soviet Union to withdraw missiles? | Blockade
| What was the theory that caused the US to intervene in Vietnam to stop the spread of communism? | Domino Theory
| With the collapse of communism in Europe, the Soviet Union was broken up into what? | Independent Countries
| What divided Germany's capital city? | Berlin Wall
| (Review) Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII? | Joseph Stalin
| What is the economic system used by the United States? | Capitalism
| What are three things that the United States and the Soviet Union competed with each other over during the cold war? | Atomic weapons, outer space, sports
| Which term refers to the American policy of holding communism in one place and not allowing it to spread? | Containment
| What are three military conflicts that are associated with the Cold War? | Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis
| How did the United States react when Cuba suddenly obtained nuclear bombs from the Soviet Union? | They formed a naval blockade around Cuba
| What were the intentions of the Marshall Plan? | To rebuild Europe and prevent the spread of communism? |