Leaders Organizations Vocabulary Dates Events
100
He was the leader of communist Russia. He lead Russia against the United States during the first part of The Cold War.
Who is Joseph Stalin and what did he do during the Cold War?
100
It stood for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
What did the N.A.T.O. organization acronym stand for?
100
It is an attempt of the capitalist countries to contain the spread of Communism.
What is containment?
100
April 1949.
When did the United States help create the N.A.T.O?
100
It means to completely destroy a nation using nuclear power.
What was nuclear annihilation?
200
He was the president of the U.S.A, and he calmly lead the U.S.A through part of The Cold War.
Who was John F. Kennedy and what did he do during The Cold War?
200
An alliance made up of countries with communist governments.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
200
A policy that Russia agreed to enter with the United States which means a "relaxing of tensions" in French.
What was Détente?
200
1957.
When did some Europeans believed that unity might promote peace better that rival military alliances?
200
The Vietnam War started when the French tried to take Vietnam after the Japanese left.
How did the Vietnam war start?
300
Winston Churchill
Who created the term "An iron curtain has descended upon Europe"?
300
It stood for the Southeast Treaty Organization.
What did the S.E.A.T.O. organization acronym stand for?
300
It was a race between two superpowers to get people and satellites to space and the moon.
What was the "space race"?
300
1989.
What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
300
A system of weapons to destroy incoming missiles aimed at the United States.
What was the Star Wars military program?
400
Mao Zedong was the dictator of China and he turned China into a communist country.
Who was Mao Zedong and what did he do?
400
It stood for the Central Treaty Organization.
What did the C.E.N.T.O organization acronym stand for?
400
It was a policy in which Nikita S. Khrushchev reduced the use of terror and released millions of political prisoners.
What was de-Stalinization?
400
1950s.
When did the "Iron Curtain" fall over Europe?
400
In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
What country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979?
500
Fidel Castro overthrew the dictatorship of Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista. He eventually became the leader of Cuba.
Who was Fidel Castro and what did he do during the Cold War?
500
It stood for the European Economic Community.
What did the E.E.C organization acronym stand for?
500
It was the reconstruction of the economy. It was announced at a meeting of the communist party.
What was Perestroika?
500
1969.
When did Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin walk on the surface of the moon?
500
The Soviet Union collapsed because a small group of communists staged a coup, which means a takeover of the government, and succeeded.
Why did the Soviet Union collapse?






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