3.2 Development of the Cold War

• What type of political system did the United States have during the Cold War?

  Multiparty democracy
• What type of economic system did the Soviet Union have during the Cold War?

  State-controlled economy
• Individual freedoms were guaranteed in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

  False
• The ideological differences between the US and the USSR significantly shaped the dynamics of the Cold War
• What was the Eastern Bloc?

  USSR-controlled Eastern Europe
• The Iron Curtain symbolized the division between the Eastern and Western Blocs.
• Match the alliance with its primary purpose:

  NATO ↔️ Collective security against Soviet aggression

  Warsaw Pact ↔️ Unified defense under Soviet leadership
• What was the main objective of the Berlin Airlift during the Berlin Blockade?

  Supply West Berlin
• The Korean War resulted in a unified Korea under democratic rule.

  False
• The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
• What does the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) aim to prevent?

  Large-scale nuclear conflict
• Proxy wars during the Cold War involved direct military engagement between the US and the USSR.

  False
• What is a proxy war during the Cold War?

  Major powers support opposing sides
• The Korean War resulted in a stalemate and the division of Korea
• The Vietnam War involved North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union, against South Vietnam, supported by the United States.
• What event brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962?

  Cuban Missile Crisis
• Chronological order of détente periods and their major events

  1️⃣ 1963-1968: Limited Test Ban Treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

  2️⃣ 1969-1979: SALT I and SALT II, Helsinki Accords

  3️⃣ 1985-1991: INF Treaty, START I, Reykjavik Summit
• Détente refers to periods of reduced tensions between the US and the USSR
• What type of political system did the Soviet Union have?

  Single-party state
• The economic system of the United States during the Cold War was free market capitalism.
• What was the foreign policy of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

  Supports communist expansion
• Match the Eastern Bloc country with a key characteristic:

  Poland ↔️ Controlled by the USSR

  East Germany ↔️ Part of the Warsaw Pact

  Czechoslovakia ↔️ State-controlled economy
• Which military alliance was the Eastern Bloc allied with during the Cold War?

  Warsaw Pact
• The Eastern Bloc countries were characterized by communist single-party states
• The Eastern Bloc included countries such as East Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia
• The Eastern Bloc was allied with the USSR under the Warsaw Pact.
• Match the political system with its corresponding bloc:

  Eastern Bloc ↔️ Communist single-party states

  Western Europe ↔️ Liberal democracies
• The Iron Curtain symbolized the physical and ideological division between the Eastern and Western Blocs
• The Iron Curtain was imposed by the United States to maintain control over Western Europe.

  False
• Symbolically arrange the direction of the Iron Curtain's division:

  1️⃣ East Europe

  2️⃣ Iron Curtain

  3️⃣ West Europe
• The differences between the Eastern and Western Blocs significantly shaped the dynamics of the Cold War
• NATO was formed in 1949 to provide collective security against potential Soviet aggression.
• The Warsaw Pact, established in 1955, was a response to NATO
• Match the alliance with its purpose:

  NATO ↔️ Collective security against Soviet aggression

  Warsaw Pact ↔️ Unified defense under Soviet leadership
• The Warsaw Pact was primarily led by the United States.

  False
• What was the primary purpose of NATO when it was formed in 1949?

  Collective security against Soviet aggression
• NATO was founded in 1949
• The Warsaw Pact was formed in response to NATO.
• When was the Warsaw Pact established?

  1955
• The Warsaw Pact was led by the Soviet