Early Cold War

1. a primate test subject sent into space by the US to see if it could survive.
4. boundary between north and south korea in 1945
5. first official soviet satellite launched into orbit, also beginning of the space race.
6. global military alliance made to ensure worldwide peace and stability
8. a soviet counterbalance to the NATO Alliance.
11. the first meeting of Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt to discuss WW2 strategies.
13. the largest humanitarian airlift operation in history, dropping more than 2.3 million tons of supplies.
15. also known as the Red Scare

2. the concept that if both sides survive the event of a nuclear bomb being dropped, than both sides will be annihilated.
3. meeting between Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt to plan post-war actions and the rebuilding of Europe.
7. the technological and military competition between Russian and the US to see who could develop more advanced nuclear weapons quicker.
9. foreign strategy of pushing a situation to the limit of absolute conflict, in wishes of the other party backing down/surrendering.
10. chinese leader who founded the People's Republic of China
12. a conflict where two major powers do not directly fight, but fund 3rd parties to fight on their behalf.
14. a barrier that divided Europe in two, separating the communist east and the democratic west.