Superpowers
What were the 2 major superpowers during the Cold War?
US and USSR
The British and other members of the UN partitioned Palestine and created ___________.
Israel
What was the first proxy war?
Korea
What event marked the unofficial beginning of the Cold War?
the dropping of the 2 atomic bombs
This was the US policy of keeping communism where it was
Containment
What was China's Great Leap Forward?
China's movement to increase agriculture and industrialize China
Name the 2 countries created via "Partition" in 1947.
India and Pakistan
Which country fell to communism in 1975?
Vietnam
The launch of what small satellite started the Space Race?
Sputnik I
In what German city did the US/Uk air drop supplies to end a blockade?
Berlin
What was the UN?
An organization that was created to keep the peace after WWII
Which French African colony gained freedom through violent resistance?
Algeria
What was the Domino Theory?
The idea that if one country fell to communism, all surrounding nations would also fall
What is MAD?
The idea that countries will build up way more weapons than they'd ever need to prevent war
Name one way the US's Cold War policies impacted Latin America.
Coups in Brazil, Guatemala, etc
What country did Kwame Nkrumah help gain independence?
Ghana
They didn't want to risk direct confrontation with each other
What was the purpose of Salt I?
Freeze the number of ICBMs each world power could keep
What was Nixon's policy of easing Cold War tensions?
detente
Who won the Cold War and why?
The US; the Soviet economy collapsed after reforms failed/afghanistan
What was the Quit India Movement?
Gandhi's plan calling Indians to push for independence through nonviolent civil disobedience.
What group did the US support in Afghanistan?
the Mujahideen
What was the name of the dog the soviets sent to space?
Laika
How were the Truman Doctrine and Marshall plan different?
TD > Money, military aid, advisors to any place threatened by communism
MP > Only money to rebuild Europe