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1. The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and its allies and which other superpower?
2. The 'Iron Curtain' was a term popularized by Winston Churchill to describe the:
3. The 'Cold War' reached its most dangerous moment during the 'Cuban Missile Crisis' in which year?
4. The 'domino theory' was a Cold War era belief that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would also fall to communism. This theory was most associated with which region?
5. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War and the reunification of which country?
6. The Suez Crisis of 1956 involved an invasion of Egypt by which three nations?
7. Which two Cold War superpowers were involved in a political and military standoff during the 'Cuban Missile Crisis'?
8. The 'Berlin Blockade' of 1948-1949 was an attempt by the Soviet Union to cut off land access to which city?
9. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962?
10. The 'Truman Doctrine' of 1947 was a Cold War policy aimed at containing the spread of communism. It was first applied to aid which two countries?
11. What was the name of the Soviet-led military alliance formed in 1955 to counter NATO?
12. The 'Prague Spring' was a period of political liberalization in 1968 in which Eastern Bloc country?
13. The 'Long Telegram' of 1946 from George Kennan to the US State Department is considered a foundational document of which Cold War policy?
14. What was the name of the doctrine by US President Eisenhower that pledged economic and military aid to Middle Eastern countries resisting communism?
15. What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957?
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