Cold War Origins and Cold War in Europe
He famously gave the Iron Curtain speech when addressing the threat of Soviet communism in Eastern Europe
Winston Churchill
Which Korea attacked first during the Korean War
North Korea
He was the the primary leader of the CCP until his death in 1976
Mao
This war greatly weakened European empires in Africa and Asia
WWII (WWI is also acceptable)
The Soviets put nuclear missiles in this country, leading to one of the most tense moments of the Cold War
Cuba
The Truman Doctrine sent money and weapons to these two countries to contain the spread of communism
(200 points for each correct answer)
Greece and Turkey
The French lost these two colonies through protracted wars that both lasted eight years
(200 points for each correct answer)
Vietnam and Algeria
These are the the official names of mainland China and Taiwan
(200 points for each correct answer, be sure to label which one is which)
Mainland China: People's Republic of China
Taiwan: Republic of China
Communists were able to position themselves as anti-imperialists due to imperialism's association with this
Capitalism
Called a "superbomb" by many scientists, this type of bomb was several times more powerful than the bombs the US dropped on Japan during WWII
Hydrogen Bomb
This was the Soviet counterpart to NATO
Warsaw Pact
20th century independence movements in Asia and Africa were primarily inspired by
nationalism
Chinese Red Guards famously carried this during the Cultural Revolution
Mao's Little Red Book
The French set up CFA Franc Zones in which two regions of Africa
West and Central Africa
The policy that both the USSR and US would destroy each other if they went to war
M.A.D.
Mutually Assured Destruction
This policy called for the Red Army to invade any Soviet satellite country that moved away from Soviet communism
Brezhnev Doctrine
This event most clearly demonstrated the global power shift away from European empires after WWII
The Suez Crisis
What was the primary goal of the Great Leap Forward
Increase Industrial Output
The Indo-Pakistani Wars are similar to the Arab-Israeli Wars in that they are largely conflicts driven by this
Religion; (also acceptable) disputed land
How many countries currently have nuclear weapons
(double points if you can name them)
9 (Russia, US, China, France, UK, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea)
The Soviet Red Army invaded this Eastern European country in 1956 to suppress a revolution
Hungary
These types of conflicts are ones where the US and USSR never directly fought each other
Proxy Wars
In China, the 19th century is known as this
The Century of Humiliation
These two leaders used civil disobedience to fight colonial oppression in their countries
Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela
The Soviets detonated this bomb in 1961, the largest bomb ever detonated, which had a yield of 50,000 kt
Tsar Bomb