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1
Nato stands for what?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
2
The Cold War turned hot in 1950 when Soviet-backed troops from this country invaded South Korea.
North Korea
3
The two superpowers involved in the Cold War were the United States and…
Soviet Union
4
This Soviet leader introduced a series of reforms that hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union, effectively ending the Cold War.
Mikhail Gorbachev
5
These discussions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the 1970s were intended to curtail the arms race between the two nuclear superpowers.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
6
The stationing of nuclear-armed missiles in this country brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war in October 1962.
Cuba
7
The unsuccessful Soviet blockade of this city marked an early victory for the U.S.
Berlin
8
The death of this Soviet leader in 1953 brought a temporary relaxation of Cold War tensions.
Joseph Stalin
9
Who coined the term "Cold War"?
George Orwell
10
After World War II this U.S.-sponsored program supplied much-needed economic aid to western Europe.
Marshall Plan
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