The Soviet Union gave Eastern European countries large sums of money to become Communist

Two military organizations faced each other in Europe.

Americans airlifted food and clothes to the people of West Berlin.

During the 1950s, many citizens escaped from West Berlin to live in the eastern part of the city.

The Berlin Wall is one of the symbols of the Cold War.

Before 1960 Cuba was a western country.

Cuba sent Communist soldiers secretly to Florida,

The Cuban government thought that Soviet missiles on the island were a threat to their security.

During the Cold War Communism spread to many parts of Asia.

Taiwan became Communist after Mao Zedong took power.

The Korean War came to an end after three years of fighting. There was no winner.

France was the colonial power of Indochina.

South Vietnam wanted to unite the country under a western government.

The Soviets invaded Afghanistan because they wanted the country’s natural resources.

The Americans and the Soviets developed weapons that could destroy each other.

The Soviets were the first to send a man into space.

Mikhail Gorbachev was a Soviet leader who helped end the Cold War.

The Soviet Union was the first Communist country in Eastern Europe to collapse.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall citizens in the east were allowed to travel freely to the west.