The Cold War
Glossary exercise - read the explanation and find the correct term from the list!
Week of international tension in October 1962 when the world stood at the brink of nuclear war, after the Soviet Union placed nuclear weapons on Cuba and the United States responded with a blockade of the island on October 22.
Policy established by the Truman administration in 1947 to contain Soviet influence to what it was at the end of World War II.
An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by 1500 Cuban exiles with U.S. Government support on April 17, 1961.
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
De-Militarized Zone.
Mutual assured destruction.
Policy of openness initiated by Gorbachev in the 1980s that provided increased opportunities for freedom.
The fortified barrier built by the East German government in August 1961 to divide East and West Berlin. Designed to prevent East Germans fleeing Communist rule.
A lessening of tensions between the superpowers, primarily associated with the 1970's. The term is used loosely to describe either a situation or a policy.
Competitive buildup of nuclear weapons between the United States and Soviet Union.
Intermediate range ballistic missile.
The superpower competition in space exploration technology that paralleled the Cold War competition in arms developments.
Term first used by Winston Churchill to describe the political barrier between the East and West.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, begun in 1949 as a military and political alliance of European nations and the United States and Canada designed to protect Western Europe from a Soviet attack.
Intercontinental ballistic missile.
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
The supply of vital necessities to West Berlin by aircraft from June 1948 to September 1949.
A policy aimed at providing economic and military support to those European countries which were fighting Communist takeover at the time, especially Greece and Turkey.
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