Cold War
This term, coined by Winston Churchill, described the divide between democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe.
What was the Iron Curtain?
This communist leader became the first ruler of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
Who was Mao Zedong?
Pol Pot.
Who led an incredibly violent communist regime in Cambodia?
Globalization.
What is the increasing interconnectedness of the world?
2 effects of globalization.
What is more trade, less global poverty, more travel, sharing of ideas and culture, overpopulation, pollution, international terror?
Containment.
What was the former U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism around the world?
Great Leap Forward.
Which program attempted to modernize China's farms and factories (industrialize) by organizing peasants into large government-run farms (collectivization)?
1 Similarity and 1 difference between Ho Chi Minh and Gandhi.
Both wanted national independence and an end to colonialism in their country (Vietnam and India) BUT Ho Chi Minh used violence and communism while Gandhi used non-violence/passive resistance and democracy.
Arab Spring.
What were pro-democratic protests in the Middle East and North Africa?
Green Revolution.
What was the global advancements in agricultural technology to poorer nations leading to more food and longer lives?
NATO.
What is the military alliance that united the United States, Canada, and the democratic nations of Western Europe against the Soviet Union?
During this campaign, Mao used Red Guards to eliminate political opponents and strengthen communist control.
What was the Cultural Revolution?
Non-alignment movement.
What is the movement for many third world countries to not become involved in either Cold War bloc?
Reasons why many African countries like Ghana and Kenya wanted independance.
What is reaction to inequality, disenfranchisement, racism from colonial powers and self-determination?
9/11 AND OPEC (they are pretty unrelated to each other, I just was running out of room)
What is the Middle Eastern oil cartel?
This Cold War crisis brought the world closest to nuclear war when Soviet missiles were discovered in Cuba
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This Chinese leader introduced market-oriented economic reforms after Mao's death while keeping political control in communist hands.
Who was Deng Xiuoping?
What is the Vietnam, Korean, Soviet-Afgan Wars, Cuban Missile Crisis?
Apartheid.
What was racial segregation in South Africa from descendants of colonizers over the native Black population?
Name and define 4 enduring issues.
(answers vary)
This Soviet leader introduced Perestroika and Glasnost, helping bring an end to communism in the Soviet Union.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
Berlin airlift and Berlin Wall.
What was when the Soviet blocked support to West Berlin so Americans flew in supplies AND what was the structure put up by the Soviets to separate East and West Germany?
Partition of India (why).
What is the division of India into India and Pakistan/Bangladesh due to religious differences of India being Hindu majority and Pakistan being Muslim majority? Religious and ethnic tensions still exist as both countries have become nuclear powers.
Iranian Revolution.
(answers vary)