Foundations of Cold War
Which two countries was the cold war between?
The United States and Soviet Union
What is containment?
U.S. attempt to stop the spread of communism
The Arms Race led to a crisis in which location? AND was communism contained, ended, or expanded in this location?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Communism was contained in Cuba under Castro
What was significant about the Berlin Wall falling?
Symbolized the end of the cold war
What is the Space Race?
Bonus: Who "won"
Competition to see who had the most advanced space technology
US "won" man on the moon
What was the main fight about during the Cold War?
The fight against communism (spreading it, stopping it)
The purpose of the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were to
provide aid to countries that want to resist communism
provide economic aid to Europe after ww2
During the Cold War China became ...
Communist
What is detente?
Bonus: When did it end?
Lessening of tensions
During the war with Afghanistan
What does conflict mean?
Bonus: name a conflict that occurred during the Cold War
- up to my discretion
- up to my discretion
How was Europe divided during the cold war?
The west was democracy/capitalism supported by the United States, the east was communist supported by the Soviet Union
What is the domino theory?
*bonus: what was a location that the U.S. was afraid of the domino theory?
that if one country falls to communism, others will as well.
Cuba, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, China
How did the Korean War end?
*Bonus: What is life like in Korea today?
Communism was contained in North Korea
North Korea today is horrible, strict censorship, etc
What was the purpose of Glasnost and Perestroika in the Soviet Union?
openness - ending censorship, people have more freedom, people can express their opinions, etc.
restructuring - adding capitalism
During the Cambodian Genocide, why did the Khmer Rouge, a communist group, kill millions of people?
Wanted to get rid of Western Influence in Cambodia, including people who supported western ideas like democracy
what physically divided Berlin?
What figuratively divided Europe?
Physically - Berlin Wall
Figuratively - iron curtain
What is NATO, What is the Warsaw Pact and who was a part of each?
NATO - western alliance - western Europe and U.S. and Canada
Warsaw Pact - eastern military alliance - Eastern Europe and Soviet Union
What happened to communism at the end of the vietnam war? (contained, expanded, gone)
*Bonus - who was the leader in North Vietnam
Communism was expanded to all of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
What did Soviet Satellite states declared themselves at the end of the Cold War
they declared independence
Who were the the leaders of the U.S. and S.U. at the end of the Cold War?
United States - Ronald Reagan
Soviet Union - Mikhail Gorbachev
why did Stalin issue the Berlin Blockade?
How did the United States respond?
2- Airlifting supplies in to Berlin
What is nonalignment?
* Bonus: name a country that followed non alignment
Not choosing sides between U.S. and S.U. - but taking economic aid
India and Egypt
Why did the Soviets get involved in Afghanistan? What happened to Communism at the end? (contained, expanded, gone)
To protect communism
Communism went away
Who is Vladimir Putin being compared to in his current presidency?
Joseph Stalin
What countries of the world are currently communist (5)
China
Cuba
Laos
Vietnam
North Korea