EARLY COLD WAR
KOREA
VIETNAM
COMMUNISM IN CRISIS
CANADA
100
formally titled The Sources of Soviet Conduct, was published in Foreign Affairs magazine in July 1947. The article was written by George F. Kennan,
What is X Article
100
the southern most area where N. Korean army pushed U.S. forces back
What is Pusan
100
North Vietnamese Communists under Ho Chi Minh in the 50's, when fighting the French
What is Vietminh
100
The term is often used in reference to the general easing of the geo-political tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States which began in 1969, as a foreign policy of U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford called a "thawing out" or "un-freezing" at a period roughly in the middle of the Cold War.
What is detente'
100
a cipher clerk for the Soviet Embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. He defected on September 5, 1945, with 109 documents on Soviet espionage activities in the West. This forced Prime Minister Mackenzie King to call a Royal Commission to investigate espionage in Canada.
What is Gouzenko Spy Case
200
Soviet effort to strangle west Berlin economically and drive the Allies out of the city
What is Berlin blockade
200
amphibious landing under MacArthur to recapture Seoul (capital of S. Korea)
What is Inchon
200
South Vietnamese Communists fighting the U.S. in the Vietnam war
What is Vietcong
200
a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The literal meaning of is "restructuring", referring to the restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system.
What is perestroika
200
a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It was set up to detect incoming Soviet bombers during the Cold War, and provide early warning of any sea-and-land invasion.
What is Dew Line (Distant Early Warning Line)
300
Response to the Berlin blockade, airlifted supplies over the course of 11 months in 1948
What is Berlin airlift
300
it marks the border between North Korea and China. The site of many military conflicts
What is Yalu River
300
Leader of North Vietnam
What is Ho Chi Minh
300
a policy that called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union. Introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev
What is glasnost
300
aircraft with armed missiles, designed and built by Canada as the culmination of a design study that began in 1953. Was abruptly halted before the project review had taken place, sparking a long and bitter political debate
What is Avro Arrow
400
An agreement between Canada, U.S., and western Europe that an attack on one one be considered an attack on them all
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
400
"the state existing before the war"
What is status quo antebellum
400
dividing line between north and south
What is 17th parallel
400
the focal point of Chinese student protests of 1989, a pro-democracy movement which ended with the declaration of martial law in Beijing by the government and the shooting of several hundred or possibly thousands of civilians by soldiers
What is Tiananmen Square
400
1960, missiles that were to have a nuclear payload, and a debate ensued about whether Canada should accept nuclear weapons.Ultimately, the Diefenbaker government decided that the missiles should not be equipped with nuclear missile, angering JFK
What is Bomarc Missile Crisis
500
broadcast anti-Soviet protests and nationalist movements in Western Europe
What is Radio free Europe
500
the capital of North Korea
What is Pyongyang
500
Capital of S. Vietnam during the Vietnam war
What is Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city)
500
the years of the Berlin wall coming down and the end of the Soviet Union
What is 1989 and 1991
500
this integrated the air-defence forces between Canada and the U.S., to intercept attacks instead of simply detecting them. 1958
What is NORAD
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