Israel/Palestine
What Jewish country was formed after WW2? Where was it located?
Israel is formed after WWII. It was located in the former territory of Palestine.
What was the Cold War?
Not an actual war. A time period of hostility and a war of ideas. The USA believed in capitalism/democracy while the USSR (Soviet Union) believed in communism.
What four countries occupied Germany after WWII?
USSR, USA, Britain, France
What is the arms race? Why is it significant?
The stockpiling of nuclear weapons by the USSR and USA. It's significant because it meant that the USA and USSR could not engage in direct war because they would both be destroyed.
What was the first proxy war?
Define Zionism
A movement that pushes for Jews to move back to Palestine, a region they believe has religious and historical significance.
Define containment
The cold war idea that you should stop communism from spreading and “contain” it to one place.
Why did the Soviet Union blockade Western Berlin?
To force the Western Allies to abandon the city entirely
What is the space race? Why is it significant?
The competition between the USA and USSR to get satellites into space as quickly as possible. It provided a lot of money for SCIENCE. There were tons of new inventions, including memory foam, freeze dried food, and GPS.
Why was geography important during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Cuba was only 90 miles off the coast of Florida and missiles launched there could have reached Washington DC.
What are the two modern Palestinian Territories?
The West Bank and The Gaza Strip
Define the Iron Curtain
An imaginary line that divided EAST (countries that were communist) and WEST (capitalist/non-communist countries)
What was the Allies' solution to the Berlin Blockade?
To fly supplies into the city and keep the civilians from starving
What is a proxy war?
A proxy war is a war where some people involved aren’t technically at war (USA/USSR) but they are providing money, supplies, and soldiers.
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
The USSR and the US came to a compromise. The USSR pulled its missiles from Cuba, the US pulled its missiles from Turkey.
What is Hamas?
Hamas is a Palestinian liberation group that aims to eradicate Israel and establish a Muslim Palestinian state
Define the Truman Doctrine
The goal of the Truman Doctrine was to stop the spread of communism. It promised to provide money to any country that was promoting anti-communism.
What was the Berlin Wall and why was it created?
The Berlin Wall was a wall separating the communist EAST Berlin from the capitalist WEST Berlin. It was created by East Germany to stop citizens from escaping to West Berlin and preventing free travel to West Germany.
Why didn't the US or the USSR want to use their nuclear weapons on each other?
How did the Korean War end?
North Korea and South Korea signed an armistice agreement.
What is Nakba?
“The Catastrophe” in Arabic; The mass displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 Israeli War of Independence
What is domino theory?
The belief that if one country became communist, others would follow (like dominoes).
When did the Berlin Wall fall? Who took it down? Why is the fall of the wall significant?
Berliners tore down the wall in 1989. It marked the end of the Cold War as Germany was reunified and slowly the Soviet Union moved away from communism.
Who was the first country to launch a satellite into space? What was the satellite called?
How did the Vietnam War end?