Areas Of Conflict In The Cold War

Question 1

What was a primary method used by superpowers during the Cold War to convince people of their beliefs?

Answer 1

Propaganda

Question 2

What tactic did superpowers use to gather information about each other?

Answer 2

Spies

Question 3

What strategy involved providing aid to smaller countries to win their support during the Cold War?

Answer 3

Gave aid to smaller, poorer countries

Question 4

What conflict type involved financing and supplying weapons to countries during their civil wars?

Answer 4

Civil wars

Question 5

Which country was the only one to have developed the atomic bomb after World War II?

Answer 5

USA

Question 6

What event marked the beginning of the arms race?

Answer 6

Russia built their atomic bomb in 1949

Question 7

List two types of advanced weapons developed during the arms race.

Answer 7

• Hydrogen bombs (H-bombs)
• Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs)

Question 8

What was the estimated cost of the arms race per year?

Answer 8

$450 billion

Question 9

What concept describes the fear of using weapons due to the risk of global destruction?

Answer 9

MAD – Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 10

What was the first satellite sent into space and by which country?

Answer 10

Sputnik by the USSR

Question 11

Who was the first man sent into space?

Answer 11

Yuri Gagarin

Question 12

What year did the USA succeed in sending the first man to the moon?

Answer 12

1969

Question 13

What was the Berlin Blockade?

Answer 13

USSR blocked all entry points to West Berlin

Question 14

What term describes actions that lead two sides to the brink of war without actual conflict?

Answer 14

Brinkmanship

Question 15

What was the first crisis of the Cold War?

Answer 15

Berlin

Question 16

Into how many zones was Germany divided after World War II?

Answer 16

Four zones

Question 17

What was the USA’s policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism called?

Answer 17

Containment

Question 18

What was the main goal of the Marshall Plan?

Answer 18

Rebuild the economies of Western Europe

Question 19

What did Stalin criticize the Marshall Plan as?

Answer 19

Dollar diplomacy

Question 20

What new currency was created to boost West Germany’s economy?

Answer 20

Deutschmark

Question 21

What was the Berlin Airlift?

Answer 21

The West flew in supplies to West Berlin

Question 22

In 1961, how many people were escaping from East to West Germany each week?

Answer 22

10,000 people

Question 23

What was built in 1961 to divide East and West Germany?

Answer 23

The Berlin Wall

Question 24

What were the two policies introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev?

Answer 24

• Perestroika
• Glasnost

Question 25

What did Glasnost allow people to do?

Answer 25

Speak freely and criticize the government

Question 26

What significant event occurred in November 1989?

Answer 26

The Berlin Wall was torn down

Question 27

What was the outcome of the meetings between Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan?

Answer 27

Tensions around the Cold War began to ease

Question 28

By the end of 1991, what happened to the Soviet Union?

Answer 28

It no longer existed