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2nd Europe
Question | Answer |
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Satlite Nation | a nation controlled by the Soviet Union during the cold war |
Containment | The US policy of limiting the spread of communism by fighting wars in strategic areas |
the Iron Curtain | refered to the secretiveness of the Soviet Union durring the cold war |
fall of the Berlin Wall | The event that ended the cold war |
Nakita Kruchev | The leader of the Soviet Union during the majority of the cold war |
Marshall Plan | The Us economic plan of aiding countries after WWII so that they would not fall to communims |
What countries occupied west germany? | Britain, France and the US |
Berlin was located in? | East Germany |
the Berlin Airlift | The US and Briatin dropped supplies into West Berlin, It lasted a little over a year, It was successful because the USSR ended the blockade |
Perestroika | the USSR allowing limited capitolism at the end of the cold war |
Glasnost | The USSR's Policy of "openess of communication" to the West or the United States |
The Euro | The currency of the European Union |
What country was the first to put a person in space | The USSR |
the arms race | It encouraged space exploration, The US and USSR had the ability to destroy the world several times over,Lead to the creation of ICBMs |
The event that brought the world closest to WWIII was | The Cuban Missile Crisis |