Cold War Causes/Effects
What was the principal ideological cause of the Cold War?
Capitalism (US) v. Communism (USSR)
China's economy most closely mirrored which major global power after 1949?
Soviet Union
Leaders in Africa and Asia, such as Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969), Jomo Kenyatta (1894–1978), and Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972), have what in common?
opposition to colonial rule
What was the name of the movement that decided not to align with either the US or USSR?
Non-Aligned Movement
What was the major event that ended the Cold War?
Collapse of the Soviet Union (1991)
How did the US and USSR fight during the Cold War?
Proxy Wars
What was the name of the strategy the United States used to try to stop the spread of communism?
containment/Truman Doctrine
What ideology most encouraged the decolonization movements in the 3rd World?
Nationalism
What new state formed in the Middle East in 1948 that still in a state of conflict today?
Israel
What did happened to the number of nuclear weapons following the Cold War & what was this process called?
Declined (nuclear disarmamanent)
The Cold War led to the proliferation of what type of weapon?
nuclear weapons
Identify THREE Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Poland, Hungary, etc...
What was the name of the trans-national movement that aimed to unite the African continent?
Pan-Africanism
Identify ONE new African state that emerged as a result of decolonization
Ghana 1960, Algeria 1962, Nigeria 1960, Kenya 1963, Zambia 1964, Tanzania 1961, Mozambique 1975, Zimbabwe 1980
What US president famously said "Tear down that wall" and what wall was he talking about?
Reagan/Berlin Wall
What was one proxy war the US and USSR engaged in during the Cold War?
Vietnam, Korea, Chinese Civil War
What was the name of ONE of China's communist policies and what was its goal?
Great Leap Forward & Cultural Revolution: Unite China under communist beliefs
What was the name of the trans-national movement that aimed to unite the Middle East and North Africa?
Pan-Arabism
Why were new states hesitant about becoming aligned with the US or the USSR?
As former colonial territories, they were wary of being dominated by another foreign power
Why do migrants tend to move from former colonial territories to imperial metropoles (colonizer's territory)?
Migrants are attracted to many aspects of the cultural, political, and economic systems that imperial powers had brought to their colonies
What were the main alliance systems of the Cold War?
NATO (US) v. Warsaw Pact (USSR)
Who were the primary audiences of the speeches of communist revolutionaries like Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh?
Peasants
What philosophical movement inspired revolutions from the 18th century (US, France, Haiti) to the 20th century?
The Enlightenment (natural rights, freedom, independence, equality)
How did European imperialism from the 19th century lead to INTERNAL conflict in new states in Africa during the 20th century?
Boundaries set by European colonizers continued to create local conflict during colonization
Some historians believe the Cold War never really ended. Provide an example that supports this point and explain.
Russia/Ukraine invasion