VOCAB
Conflict between the USA and the USSR following WW2
The physical divide of Berlin, Germany, into Capitalist West and Soviet Communist East
What is the Berlin Wall?
This country was divided into North & South, and is still divided today
Where is Korea
What happened to the Soviet Union (USSR) at the end of the Cold War?
What is... (answers may vary)
- Collapsed / ended
- Became Russia
- Lost the war
(Name 3)
What is
1. USA
2. Europe
3. Middle East / Western Asia
What is capitalism
3 key features of the Cold War
What is
1 - Nuclear War
2 - Fights for allegiance (loyalty)
3 - Military & economic support around the world
This Cold War conflict caused the American public to be divided with anti-war sentiments
What is the Vietnam War
True or False: The Berlin Wall was destroyed at the end of the Cold War
What is true
What are 4+ countries who are members of OPEC?
- Iran
- Iraq
- Kuwait
- Saudi Arabia
- UAE
- Venezuela
Economic system used by the USSR with a centrally planned economy, and govt. control of resources
What is communism
What is decolonization
Why did the US become involved in multiple Cold War conflicts?
What is stopping the spread of communism
2+ factors that led to collapse of the Soviet Union
What is
1. Large military budget
2. Scarce supply of items
3. Glasnost (freedom) policy
4. Friendly relations with USA
What is OPEC?
What is Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
OR
What is an organization of united oil companies
Global organization formed in 1945 with the goal of maintaining international peace
What is the United Nations (UN)
4+ disagreements between the USA and the Soviet Union
What is
1 - Capitalism vs communism
2 - Multiple vs single political parties
3 - Freedom of religion vs no organized religion
4 - How to rebuild Europe
5 - Free markets vs centrally planned economy
6 - Multiple social classes vs no social classes
Country with Fidel Castro and US failed interference
What is Cuba
What was the Nuclear Freeze Movement
What is an movement to freeze the creation, testing, and deployment of nuclear weapons
What caused the Gulf War?
What is the Iraq invasion of Kuwait
OR
Who is Saddam Hussein
OR
What is US invasion of Iraq for oil
The process of the world becoming more interconnected
What is globalization
The mental / imaginary line that divided Capitalist Western Europe and Communism Eastern Europe
What is the Iron Curtain?
Where genocide happened due to communist group the Khmer Rouge
Where is Cambodia
What was the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
(May vary - Ms. Bekins will judge)
What is an agreement between US & USSR to remove and destroy all missiles in Europe
OR
What is the first treaty to require both sides to destroy missiles
What are 3+ impacts of the Oil Revolution?
What is
1) Formation and power of OPEC
2) Gulf War(s)
3) 9/11
4) Global Recession
5) Changed global environment