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Free The Cold War Flashcards
Half a century of superpower standoff shaped the map, the technology, and the politics we live with now. These cards cover the events, terms, and turning points every modern-history course tests.
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QWhich two superpowers faced off in the Cold War?
AThe United States and the Soviet Union
QWhat was the Iron Curtain?
AThe ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into Western and Soviet blocs
QWhat was the Berlin Airlift (1948–49)?
AWestern allies flew supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded land routes
QWhat were NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
AThe rival military alliances — Western (1949) and Soviet-led (1955)
QWhat was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
AThe 1962 standoff over Soviet missiles in Cuba — the closest brush with nuclear war
QWhat was the Space Race’s defining first and its answer?
ASputnik (USSR, 1957) — answered by Apollo 11’s Moon landing (USA, 1969)
QWhen was the Berlin Wall built, and when did it fall?
ABuilt 1961, fell November 9, 1989
QWhat does "MAD" stand for in nuclear strategy?
AMutually Assured Destruction
QWhat was détente?
AThe 1970s easing of tensions between the superpowers
QWhen did the Soviet Union dissolve?
ADecember 1991
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