Origins
This was built to keep the people of East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Wall?
How many days did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
6 days
Who was the leader of Communist Cuba?
Fidel Castro
The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1947?
What is Sputnik
What is "censorship"?
Censorship: when an official, usually part of the government or military, stops the publication of parts of news reports, films, or radio programs for political or military reasons
The government controls production and owns the nation's natural and capital resources.
What is Communism
What are the names of the US and Soviet Union espionage and intelligence agencies?
CIA and KGB
Why is the conflict called "the Cold War"?
The reason it is termed "cold" is that the forces of the USSR and the forces of the USA never came into open conflict.
Who became the U.S. President after JFK was assassinated?
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
Who was the leader of communist North Vietnam?
Ho Chih Minh
Military alliance created in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries (European) including the United States that support each other if attacked.
What is NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
What parallel divided North and South Korea after the Korean War?
38th Parallel
What is the term for the competition between the USA and USSR to possess the largest armies and nuclear weapons stockpiles.
The International Arms Race
A prominent Cold War-era U.S. foreign policy concept, suggesting that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring countries would inevitably follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
Describe 3 different fighting tactics used by the Vietcong (100 POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER)
Tunnel systems, booby traps, ambush, guerilla warfare, punji pits, trip wires
After WW2, Germany and Berlin was divided into 4 occupation zones controlled by which Allied countries?
Khrushchev placed missiles in Cuba. The Soviet Union removes them only when the U.S. promises not to invade Cuba. This became known as the __________________.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The international organization whose goals are achieving world peace through collective security.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
ANZUS and SEATO
What is the name of the province in South Vietnam that Australia soldiers were assigned to operate in? Also the location for the Battle of Long Tan...
Phuoc Tuy Province
This event was when the U.S. used the air force to drop humanitarian aid and help the people of West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This is how President Kennedy responded to the Soviet Union placing missiles in Cuba.
What was a naval blockade of Cuba? (quarantine)
Forward defence meant that Australia would willingly commit troops to conflicts well beyond its shores to counter potential threats.
Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin (Soviet Union)
Why did so many returning Vietnam Veterans suffer from PTSD? Give 3 valid reasons
Exposure to war, intense fighting warfare, uncertainty in the jungle, negative public perception, feelings of isolation etc...