Cold War and Fall of the Soviet Union Jeopardy

Cold War and Fall of the Soviet Union Jeopardy

Start of the Cold War

1.  As the end of WWII approached, the Soviet Union left military forces and gained control of which portion of Europe? East or West

2.  In a speech in 1946, Winston Churchill described a division he saw after WWII.

In his speech, he concluded that an “______” had

descended across Europe.

3.  In an attempt to force western allies out of Berlin, Stalin sealed off every railroad and highway into the western sectors from June 1948 to May 1949. The U.S. responded with the ______?

4.  Identify the types of government and economies that belong to each of the following countries: U.S. and Soviet Union

5.  Countries that became dependent states of the Soviet Union and fell to Soviet influence were known as what?

Events of the Cold War

1.  Why did East Germany and the Soviets build the Berlin wall?

2.  Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?

3.  Identify the two alliances formed in 1949 and 1955, as a measure of collective security for their members.

4.  Identify the name of the two satellites sent into space by the Soviet Union in 1957, which launched the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

5.  Name the dog aboard the second satellite sent into orbit in 1957 by the Soviet Union

Fall of the Soviet Union

1.  In 1991, what happened after three Baltic states declared their independence from the Soviet Union?

2.  Identify two problems in the Soviet Union prior to Gorbachev coming to power in 1985.

3.  Explain how Glasnost or “openness” led to unrest in the Soviet Union

4.  Give one example of perestroika or “restructuring of the government and the economy”

5.  Identify the three Baltic states, who first declared their independence in August 1991