History: The Cold War Flashcards
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In which year was the Berlin Wall built?
Answer: 1961
The Berlin Wall was built by East Germany beginning on 13 August 1961 to stop the mass emigration of East Germans to the West.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?
Answer: A 13-day standoff after the USA discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day nuclear standoff in October 1962 when US spy planes discovered Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
What was Sputnik, launched by the USSR in 1957?
Answer: The first artificial satellite to orbit Earth
Sputnik was the world's first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957, marking the beginning of the Space Race.
What was the Warsaw Pact (1955)?
Answer: A Soviet-led military alliance of Eastern European communist states formed in response to NATO.
The Warsaw Pact was a Soviet-led collective defence treaty signed by the USSR and seven Eastern Bloc countries in 1955, countering NATO.
What was the policy of 'Mutually Assured Destruction' (MAD)?
Answer: The idea that a nuclear war would destroy both sides, deterring either from launching a first strike.
MAD was the doctrine that full-scale use of nuclear weapons by either superpower would result in the complete annihilation of both the attacker and defender.
The Soviet invasion of which country in 1979 reignited Cold War tensions after a period of détente?
Answer: Afghanistan
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 severely worsened US-Soviet relations, leading to a US boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics.