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Military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern European nations in response to NATO:
a) United Nations
b) Warsaw Pact
c) NATO
d) Marshall Plan

The continuing competitive attempt by two or more countries to develop and possess more and more powerful weapons:
a) Blockade
b) Cold War
c) Arms Race
d) Globalization

The longest and bloodiest Cold War conflict. North Vietnam was communist and South Vietnam was democratic. A group called the Viet Cong wanted the country to unite under a communist government. The U.S. sent troops to stop this from happening:
a) Vietnam War
b) Cold War
c) Korean Conflict
d) Eleanor Roosevelt

Built in the 1960s to make it harder for East Germans to flee west. This was a symbol of Communist oppression:
a) Iron Curtain
b) Communism
c) Arms Race
d) Berlin Wall

International peacekeeping organization to which most nations in the world belong; founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and economic development:
a) United Nations
b) Warsaw Pact
c) Globalization
d) G.I. Bill

An act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving:
a) Marshall Plan
b) Communism
c) Blockade
d) G.I. Bill

A military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the U.S., and Canada to prevent the spread of Communism:
a) NATO
b) Warsaw Pact
c) Blockade
d) Vietnam War

An economic system based on the private (individual) ownership of goods and resources which can be sold for a profit:
a) Containment
b) Cold War
c) Capitalism
d) Cuban Missile Crisis

Financial aid to help rebuild war-torn Europe. This program was designed to help prevent the spread of Communism:
a) G.I. Bill
b) Capitalism
c) Marshall Plan
d) Korean Conflict

State of tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union without actual fighting that divided the world into two camps:
a) Blockade
b) Democracy
c) Communism
d) Cold War

North Korea-Communist South Korea-Democratic; North Korea invaded South Korea, and the U.S., via the United Nations, got involved to stop the spread of Communism:
a) Korean Conflict
b) Cold War
c) Eleanor Roosevelt
d) NATO

A type of government where the government (usually a dictator) controls the economy- resources, goods, services, etc.:
a) Democracy
b) Communism
c) Capitalism
d) Cold War

The wall and other security measures taken by the Soviet Union to prevent the interaction of people and governments of the NATO nations and the Warsaw Pact nations. This term was coined by Winston Churchill:
a) Domino Theory
b) Eleanor Roosevelt
c) Iron Curtain
d) Korean Conflict

To stop something from spreading: especially the efforts of the U.S. to block the spread of Communism during the late 1940s to early 1950s:
a) Containment
b) Communism
c) Democracy
d) G.I. Bill

To expand markets (selling and buying stuff) worldwide:
a) Marshall Plan
b) Containment
c) Cuban Missile Crisis
d) Globalization

In 1962 the Soviet Union put nuclear weapons in Cuba. Fidel Castro had asked for the Soviet support because he feared the U.S. invasion. The crisis ended with the Soviets removing their nuclear weapons:
a) Cold War
b) Cuban Missile Crisis
c) Korean Conflicts
d) Warsaw Pact

Servicemen's Readjustment Act (1944). This bill was put in place to help the soldiers returning home from war. It offered things like money for college, loans for houses or businesses, etc.:
a) Domino Theory
b) Iron Curtain
c) G.I. Bill
d) Arms Race

A type of government where the people rule and often elect leaders by voting:
a) Democracy
b) Capitalism
c) Communism
d) Globalization

Wife of former president, FDR. She played an important role in promoting women's rights:
a) Domino Theory
b) Blockade
c) NATO
d) Eleanor Roosevelt

The theory that Communism would spread one country at a time if it was not stopped:
a) Iron Curtain
b) Cuban Missile Crisis
c) Domino Theory
d) Marshall Plan

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