The Cold War

Question 1

Superpower

Answer 1

A very powerful and influential nation.

Question 2

Iron curtain

Answer 2

A notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc in the west prior to the decline of communism.

Question 3

Bloc

Answer 3

A combination of countries, parties, or groups sharing a common purpose.

Question 4

Peaceful coexistence

Answer 4

Theory developed by the Soviet union that they could coexist with capitalists.

Question 5

Détente

Answer 5

The easing of hostility and strained relations, especially between countries.

Question 6

Coalition

Answer 6

An alliance for a combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or states.

Question 7

Automation

Answer 7

The use of largely automatic equipment in a system of manufacturing or other production process.

Question 8

Racial segregation

Answer 8

Systemic separation of people into racial or ethnic groups in daily life

Question 9

Stagflation

Answer 9

Persistent high inflation combined with high unemployment and stagnant demand in the country’s economy

Question 10

Embargo

Answer 10

And official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country

Question 11

Trade deficit

Answer 11

The amount by which the cost of a country’s imports exceeds the value of its exports

Question 12

Glasnost

Answer 12

The policy or practice of a more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information initiated by Mikal Gorbachev from 1985

Question 13

Perestroika

Answer 13

Policy of reforming the economic and political system

Question 14

Third World

Answer 14

Developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Question 15

Space race

Answer 15

Competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration

Question 16

Sputnik

Answer 16

First satellite in space made by the Soviet union

Question 17

Contra

Answer 17

Member of the gorilla force in Nicaragua that opposed the left-wing Sandinista government

Question 18

Sandinista

Answer 18

A member of the left-wing Nicaraguan political organization

Question 19

Iran-Contra Affair

Answer 19

Political scandal in the US that occurred during the second term of the Reagan administration

Question 20

Joseph Stalin

Answer 20

Leader of communist Soviet union

Question 21

Harry S Truman

Answer 21

33rd US president develop the Truman doctrine

Question 22

George C. Marshall

Answer 22

Former US secretary of state

Question 23

Nikita Khrushchev

Answer 23

Former premier of the Soviet Union

Question 24

Josep Broz Tito

Answer 24

Former president of Yugoslavia

Question 25

Charles DeGaulle

Answer 25

Former president of the French republic

Question 26

Dwight D Eisenhower

Answer 26

34th US president And was a five star general of the United States Army

Question 27

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 27

Former prime minister Vietnam

Question 28

John F Kennedy

Answer 28

35th US president

Question 29

Richard M Nixon

Answer 29

37th US president and was involved in a controversial scandal which led him to resign

Question 30

Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 30

American Baptist minister in activity leader of the civil rights movements

Question 31

Jimmy Carter

Answer 31

39th US president

Question 32

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 32

Former general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Question 33

Ronald Reagan

Answer 33

40th US president

Question 34

Lech Walesa

Answer 34

Former president of Poland

Question 35

Pope John Paul II

Answer 35

Sovereign of the state of the Vatican City

Question 36

Boris Yeltsin

Answer 36

Former Russian president

Question 37

Vladimir Putin

Answer 37

President of Russia