Alliances
True or False: The Soviets and the Chinese had a rocky relationship.
True
Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
JFK
What was the result of the Korean War?
It was split into North and South Korea.
What is destalinization, and who started it?
Khrushchev started it, and it was the denunciation of all ideas and statues of Stalin.
What are the three worlds? What do they mean?
1st World - US and its allies
2nd World - Communist countries
3rd World - Nonaligned nations/usually developing
What is NATO?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; military alliance formed to defend against Communism
What started the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviets put missiles in Cuba
What was the result of the Vietnam War?
The Communists won and unified the country.
What event symbolized the end of the Cold War?
Collapse of the Soviet Union
What was life like under Communism?
- Only given enough to survive (if even)
- No freedoms/basic rights
- Everything is owned by the government.
What did the Soviets create in response to NATO?
Warsaw Pact
How was the Cold War fought? Name 3 ways!
Espionage, foreign aid, brinkmanship, propaganda, proxy wars
Who was the leader of Communist China?
Mao Zedong
Which Soviet leader was overthrown for the way they handled the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
What is détente? How is it different from brinkmanship?
Détente eased fear and Cold War tensions. It de-escalated the war. Brinkmanship was a constant threat of nuclear war.
What was the division between Capitalist and Communist Europe called?
The Iron Curtain
What action was taken by the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Naval blockade and embargo; ended peacefully
Why did the Vietnamese nationalists start fighting?
To gain independence from the French
What Accords were signed to encourage cooperation between countries?
Helsinki Accords
What is the Cultural Revolution in China? (Short answer question)
The Cultural Revolution was an attempt to restore Mao's communism. It was enforced by the Red Guards (made up of young people), and they were brutal.
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What is the Truman Doctrine?
A policy where the US would aid countries resisting communism
What was the Berlin Airlift, and why did it happen?
What did Chinese Communists promote to gain peasant loyalty in the North?
Literacy
What was Margaret Thatcher's nickname?
Iron Lady (because she was so anti-communism)
What are 2 examples of the United States giving foreign aid to stop communism?
Funding Batista in Cuba and Somoza in Nicaragua