COLD WAR
COMMUNIST CHINA
COLD WAR HOTSPOTS
COLLAPSE OF IMPERIALISM
MISCELLANEOUS
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What was the Marshall Plan?
Economic aid from the US to rebuild the economies Western European nations after WWII, AND to stop communism from spreading in Western Europe
100
One reason the Chinese Communists were able to gain control of China was primarily due to the support of the...
The peasants
100
Which is communist: North Korea or South Korea?
North Korea
100
Why did Mohandas Gandhi protest in India?
He wanted independence from Great Britain. India was a colony of Great Britain
100
Why was the Berlin Wall built in 1961?
To keep East Germans from going to the Western section of Berlin.
200
What is term 'iron curtain' referring to?
Imaginary line drawn separating western and eastern Europe (separating democracy and communism)
200
How are the Great Leap Forward under Mao Zedong and the Four Modernizations under Deng Xiaoping similar?
Both were economic plans to increase industrialization (factory output) and agriculture (farm output)
200
Why did the US send soldiers to Vietnam?
Believing in the domino theory, once North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam to unify the country, and Ho Chi Minh was Communist, we were afraid if one country became Communist, the other countries in Southeast Asia would all fall to communism.
200
Why was the Indian subcontinent partitioned?
Religious differences between Hindus and Muslims
200
How are Mohandas Gandhi, Jomo Kenyatta, and Kwame Nkrumah similar?
All led nationalist movements All led independence movements All wanted to get rid of a foreign influence in their country
300
The Truman Doctrine, which gave $$ and weapons to keep Greece and Turkey from becoming communist is an example of which US foreign policy?
Containment
300
How is Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations different than Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward?
Four Modernizations allows for foreign investment and private ownership of business (a move toward increased capitalism)
300
How are the Korean War and Vietnam War similar?
- Both fought as a result of differing political ideologies during the Cold War - North Korea and North Vietnam invaded South Korea and South Vietnam to unify their countries. - US got involved to stop the spread of communism
300
What is apartheid?
The policy of racial separation and discrimination between the races in South Africa.
300
Give an example of how a Cold War Map of Europe is different than a map of Europe today.
East Germany and West Germany *** Czech Republic and Slovakia Yugoslavia and now many different countries
400
What was the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
A military alliance to resist Soviet aggression. "An armed attack against one is considered an armed attack against them all..."
400
What were the causes and effects of the Tiananmen Square protests?
Causes- students wanted political freedom (once they were getting more economic freedom) Effects- tanks were sent in to end the demonstrations
400
What were the killings fields? Who was in power? In which country did this occur?
Khmer Rouge in Cambodia wanted to return to the Year Zero and forced people to live in agrarian society. The killing fields were places where people were killed if they opposed the Khmer Rouge.
400
Give three examples of apartheid laws.
No interracial marriages Only whites could vote Blacks had to carry Passes Forced evacuation from homes to designated 'homelands' Blacks could not work in urban jobs
400
Part I- Who did Mao Zedong fight for power of China (Hint: he was head of the Guomindang Party)? Part II- List two positive changes he brought to China Part III- List two negative changes he brought to China
Part I- Chiang Kai-Shek (also known as Jiang Jieshi) II- Legal equality for women, redistributed the land, literacy rates improved, cleaned up streets III- Great Leap Forward failed- starvation occurred, poorly made goods, Cultural Revolution hurt China economically, and socially
500
Name five countries that were satellites of the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania
500
What were the causes and effects of the Cultural Revolution under Mao Zedong?
Causes- Great Leap Forward failed (unrealistic goals/quotas set, many moved to cities and harvest failed so no food, communes were not successful) Effects- Red Guards (teenagers who made revolution) became out of control, schools were closed, no intellectual productivity, traditional ways discouraged, shrines destroyed
500
Why did developing nations chose nonalignment during the Cold WaR?
So they could follow a course independent of the superpowers OR so they could accept aid from both sides
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Why is Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam considered a nationalist leader?
He led his people to gain independence from the French after WWII
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Why is Nuclear Proliferation a big deal?
The building up of nuclear weapons is a global concern because of the threat of mass destruction destroying
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