Vietnam
Cuba
Fall of the USSR
Other Flashpoints
Miscellaneous
100
The term for a conflict between superpowers which is actually fought by other countries. Vietnam and Korea are examples.
Proxy war
100
Why did the USSR put missiles in Cuba?
To try to protect Cuba from American invasion (like it had been in the past). Also to gain a strategic advantage on the USA.
100
“Openness” - Gorbachev’s policy of allowing political discussion and protest.
Glastnost
100
This city was one of the main flashpoints early in the Cold War.
Berlin
100
A military alliance of Communist nations, created in the 1950s to be an equivalent to NATO.
Warsaw Pact
200
Richard Nixon’s policy that South Vietnam should gradually take over responsibility for the war.
Vietnamization
200
What policy influenced the US's decision to act against missiles in Cuba?
Containment (keep Communism contained) or Monroe Doctrine (no European influence in the western hemisphere allowed)
200
“Restructuring” - Gorbachev’s reform that allowed for some private business
Perestroika
200
Why was the fall of the _______ ______ a symbol of the ending of the Cold War?
The Berlin Wall. It reunified Germany and Berlin (a divided Berlin was a symbol of the war) and was a symbol of the Iron Curtain as a whole.
200
This country had a violent revolution after the fall of the USSR, rather than a peaceful one like other Warsaw Pact states.
Romania
300
What is an example of an event in Vietnam or the USA that turned the American public against the war.
My Lai massacre, Kent State shootings
300
Who is shown in this cartoon?
Kennedy and Khrushchev
300
One of the three main causes of the fall of the USSR was the ___________ crisis, causing shortages of food and consumer goods.
Economic.
The other two were the nationalities crisis (desire for independence by non-Russian peoples in the USSR) and the political crisis (corruption and conflict between those who want change and those who don't)
300
What event is depicted here?
Berlin Airlift in response to the Berlin blockade
300
After WWII, Winston Churchill coined the phrase to describe the division between capitalist and communist societies that was occurring in Europe
Iron Curtain
400
The idea that if one country falls to communism, the surrounding countries will. Therefore communism must be stopped before it can spread.
Domino theory
400
What was the name of the failed prior invasion of Cuba by CIA trained exiles?
The Bay of Pigs
400
Name 3 of the new countries created by the fall of the USSR?
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Germany (united), Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, others
400
War was never officially declared in the Korean War, instead it was called this two word term.
Police action
400
What was the main difference between Brezhnev's and Gorbachev's response to protests, strikes, and independence movements in Soviet republics (like Poland)?
Brezhnev was willing to use violence and the Red Army to put down protests, Gorbachev was not. This allowed independence movements and other political parties to exist and push for elections.
500
The disconnect between what Americans at home were being told about how the war was going and what they saw on TV.
Credibility gap
500
What were the options presented to Kennedy to deal with Soviet missiles in Cuba and which one did he choose?
Air strike, air strike + invasion, diplomatic, or blockade. He chose blockade (quarantine)
500
A conflict in this location contributed to the fall of the USSR
Afghanistan
500
What are two of the countries Yugoslavia became after it's breakup in the 1990s?
Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo.
500
This man was the Premier of Russia when he stopped the attempted coup by the KGB in 1991 and became the first President of an independent Russia after the fall of the USSR.
Boris Yeltsin