Cold War Causes
Cold War Effects
Spread of Communism
Decolonization
New States
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What was the principal ideological cause of the Cold War?
Capitalism (US) v. Communism (USSR)
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How did the US and USSR fight during the Cold War?
Proxy Wars
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China's economy most closely mirrored which major global power after 1949?
Soviet Union
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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
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What was the major event that ended the Cold War?
Collapse of the Soviet Union (1991)
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The Cold War led to the proliferation of what type of weapon?
Nuclear Weapons
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Why did the US and USSR fight each other the way they did during the Cold War?
To avoid direct military confrontations that could lead to nuclear war
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What was the name of the strategy the United States used to try to stop the spread of communism?
Containment / Truman Doctrine
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What ideology most encouraged the decolonization movements in the 3rd World?
Nationalism
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What did happened to the number of nuclear weapons following the Cold War & what was this process called?
Declined (denuclearization / nuclear disarmament)
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How did the US and USSR become the dominant superpowers during the Cold War?
Military and economic decline of Western European colonial empires after WWII
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What was one proxy war the US and USSR engaged in during the Cold War?
Vietnam, Korea, Chinese Civil War
300
Identify THREE Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe
300
What was the name of the trans-national movement that aimed to unite the African continent?
Pan-Africanism
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What US president famously said "Tear down that wall" and what wall was he talking about?
Reagan & Berlin Wall
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What were the main alliance systems of the Cold War?
NATO (US) v. Warsaw Pact (USSR)
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After the Second World War, what did countries around the world do to restore the global economy?
Established new financial institutions, such as the World Bank
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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
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What was the name of the trans-national movement that aimed to unite the Middle East and North Africa?
Pan-Arabism
400
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
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What is the name of the event in which the world was at its closest its ever been to being ended by nuclear weapons? What happened?
Cuban Missle Crisis
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How did ideological rivalries between Western countries and the Soviet bloc led to political instability or conflict in Asia?
Cold War Proxy Wars!
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Who were the primary audiences of the speeches of communist revolutionaries like Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh?
Peasants
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What philosophical movement inspired revolutions from the 18th century (US, France, Haiti) to the 20th century?
The Enlightenment (natural rights, freedom, independence, equality)
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Some historians believe the Cold War never really ended. Provide an example that supports this point and explain.
Russia & Ukraine