The Cold War is all a result of Soviet expansionism.
What is The Russian Threat or the "orthodox"/traditional view?
100
The event that symbolically ended the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall falling?
100
Nations that were technically independent, but reported to authorities in Moscow.
What is the Soviet Satellites?
200
DAILY DOUBLE: Marked by increased volatility and ending with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
What is Cold War II?
200
Soviet leader who implemented glasnost?
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
200
The Cold War was caused by escalating weapons production.
What is the theory of The Arms Race?
200
The mistake/miscalculation by Stalin that inflamed tensions in the 1940s.
What is the Berlin Blockade?
200
When an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods to create an idealized, heroic, and at times worshipful image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.
What is a Cult of Personality?
300
The period of danger and confrontation and the threat of nuclear war.
What is Brinksmanship?
300
DAILY DOUBLE: The Soviet leader during the Cuban Revolution.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
300
The Cold War is really a conflict among the USA, Japan and Europe.
What is West-west theory?
300
The student protests against a Communist government that caused a global reaction.
What is Tiananmen Square?
300
A policy of forcing private resources into public ownership.
What is Collectivization?
400
The period in which tensions cooled.
What is detente?
400
American signatory of nuclear disarmament treaties.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
400
The Cold War was caused by American imperialism.
What is the revisionist view?
400
The conference that led to strategic defense (Star Wars) programs.
What is the Reykjavik summit?
400
The executive committee of the communist party.
What is the politburo?
500
The event that ended Detente and began Cold War II?
What is the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
500
Coined the term "containment" (wrote a Long Telegram)
What is George Kennan?
500
The main conflict in the Cold War was between rich and poor nations (dominant/dominated states).
What is North-South theory?
500
This event led to the US involvement in Vietnam.
What is the collapses of the French at Dien Bien Phu?
500
Gorbachev's policy of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system.