The Cold War

What two superpowers were the main rivals during the Cold War?

The United States and the Soviet Union

What term describes the ideological conflict between capitalism (led by the US) and communism (led by the USSR) that never erupted into direct war between the two superpowers?

The Cold War

What wall, built in 1961 and torn down in 1989, divided a German city into two political sides?

The Berlin Wall

What was the name of the policy of nuclear deterrence, where both sides had enough weapons to destroy each other if attacked?

Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)

In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

1989