Cold War Vocabulary Review

What organization was formed to prevent future global wars?

What is a state of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union without actual fighting that divided the world into two camps?

The policy the USA has to stop the spread of communism

American and British planes flew supplies, fuel and food into a German city. What was this called?

The political and military barrier that isolated the Soviet controlled countries of Eastern Europe was—

What is a continuous rise in goods and services called?

What was the military alliance formed to guard against a soviet attack called?

A situation during a conflict when action stops because both sides are equally powerful and neither one will give in is called—

What was a military force that was controlled by the Soviet Union and was the counterpart of NATO?

What is the economic system that the USA uses which is based on free enterprise and private property?

What gave WWII veterans educational, housing and employment benefits?

A system in which property is owned by society as a whole and individual freedoms are denied is called—

What is a government by the people which includes many freedoms called?

What was built in West Berlin to keep people in the communist area from escaping?

What provided massive financial aid to rebuild European economies and prevented the spread of communism?

What organization was formed to prevent future global wars?

United Nations

What was a state of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union without actual fighting that divided the world into two camps called?

Cold War

The policy the USA has to stop the spread of communism

containment

American and British planes flew supplies, fuel and food into a German city. What was this called?

Berlin Airlift

The political and military barrier that isolated the Soviet controlled countries of Eastern Europe was—

Iron Curtain

What is a continuous rise in goods and services called?

inflation

What was the military alliance formed to guard against a soviet attack called?

NATO

A situation during a conflict when action stops because both sides are equally powerful and neither one will give in is called—

stalemate

What was a military force that was controlled by the Soviet Union and was the counterpart of NATO?

Warsaw Pact

What is the economic system that the USA uses which is based on free enterprise and private property?

capitalism

What gave WWII veterans educational, housing and employment benefits?

GI Bill of Rights

What is a government by the people which includes many freedoms called?

democracy

A system in which property is owned by society as a whole and individual freedoms are denied is called—

communism

What is a government by the people which includes many freedoms called?

democracy

What was built in West Berlin to keep people in the communist area from escaping?

Berlin Wall

What provided massive financial aid to rebuild European economies and prevented the spread of communism?

Marshall Plan