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| Competition between ____ and ____ laid the foundation for the Cold War. | the US the USSR |
| The presence of ____ weapons influenced patterns of conflict and cooperation since 1945. | nuclear |
| Communism eventually ____ as an economic system in the Soviet Union and elsewhere. | failed |
| What were the years of the Cold War? | 1945 - 1989 |
| As a result of decisions at the Yalta Conference, the Soviet Union gained control of ____. | Eastern Europe |
| The Cold War involved a competition between democracy and ____. | dictatorship |
| The Cold War involved a competition between the free enterprise system and ____. | communism |
| Which US president is associated with the Policy of Containment? | Harry Truman |
| Most Eastern European nations became Soviet ____ nations. | satellite |
| Which British leader coined the term Iron Curtain? | Winston Churchill |
| What was the purpose of the Soviet satellite nations of Eastern Europe? | to serve as a buffer zone the Soviet Union and Western Europe |
| The Cold War was a competition between NATO and the ____. | Warsaw Pact |
| What did the Berlin Wall do? | it divided Berlin into a communist half and a non-communist half |
| Who built the Berlin Wall? | the Soviet Union |
| Which Berlin was communist and Soviet dominated? | East Berlin |
| What was the significance of the Berlin Wall? | The wall had to be built to stop East Berliners from escaping to the freedom of West Berlin. |
| What led to the Cuban Missile Crisis? | The Soviets installed nuclear missiles, aimed at the US, in Cuba. |
| What is the theory of deterrence? | The assured mutual destruction of nuclear weapons kept the US and the USSR from actually using them. |
| The collapse of communism began with the ____ collapse of the Soviet Union. | economic |
| ____ in Warsaw Pact countries led to the collapse of communism. | Nationalism |
| The symbol of the collapse of communism was ____. | the tearing down of the Berlin Wall |
| The collapse of communism led to the breakup of the ____. | Soviet Union |
| The collapse of communism has led to an ____ of NATO. | expansion |
