Give the word OR definition for each.
If you define, remember to name the term in the beginning of your definition
(example: A chair is a piece of furniture you use to sit or recline.)
For the abbreviations, give the full term and definition.
1. NATO
2. NASA
3. M.A.D.
4. SDI (see arms race on timeline)
5. ICBM
6. Apollo 11 (include it's famous astronaut(s) and quote?)
7. The funding project to rebuild Western Europe, paid by the USA.
8. "An attack on one is an attack on all."
9. The concept that if one nation falls to communism, others will follow.
10. The technology that made nuclear war unwinnable...it made at attack on
the enemy an act of suicide.
11. Berlin Wall
12. Yuri Gagarin
13. Rational actor
14. First American in space.
15. "The Forgotten War" (include POTUS's and years of conflict)
16. First a French colony. Then Kennedy sends American soldiers. Then Ho
Chi Minh tries to take over the South. Gulf of Tonkin attack is the reason
Johnson sends thousands of troops. What conflict was this?
17. This was the effort to send supplies to West Berlin despite a road
blockade.
18. First man-made object in space.
19. Two types of nuclear weapons developed by both sides of the Cold War.
20. What do Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan,
and GHW Bush all have in common?
21. He was the USSR's leader after Stalin.
Bonus! What is America's military headquarters, built after WW2, called?
Hint: if you get this right, you get a high-five!