Write a paragraph in which you answer the question: What was the central ideological conflict of the Cold War? Be sure to define the terms ideological and Cold War in your discussion.

The central ideological conflict was between capitalism and communism. Ideology is the underlying system of beliefs and ideas around how a country should be led and the Cold War was called so because it was a war of ideologies, not a real war where people were fighting in the battlefield. The western hemisphere believed that Capitalism was great and the Eastern hemisphere believed that Communism was great and they fought over this.