Cold War I
Cold War II
Democratic States Grab Bag
DS: Political Extremism
DS: Health & Education
100
The Cuban Missile Crisis happened in October of this year.
What is 1962?
100
The Berlin Wall was up between these years (focus on the installation and fall dates).
What are 1961-1989?
100
In this electoral system parties share power depending on what percentage of the vote they got.
What is proportional representation?
100
During this event, the National Guard shot 13 people to stop them from protesting/rioting, 4 of whom died.
What is the Kent State shooting/massacre?
100
Name one of the major USA Supreme Court cases discussed (HINT: one has to do with the Civil Rights movement and one has to do with women's health issues).
What are either Brown v. Board or Roe v. Wade.
200
Mao despised this Soviet leader after his de-Stalinization and peaceful co-existence speeches.
Who is Khrushchev?
200
These two crises both occurred in 1956.
What are the Hungarian Uprising and the Suez Canal Crisis?
200
Name one criticism of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission. NOTE: multiple answers are possible.
What is: amnesty, inability to pay reparations, blame on resistance too?
200
These were all extremist groups in the South Africa case study. NOTE: Just one necessary and some may be arguable.
AWB, IFP, MK, PAC
200
This was enacted by Eisenhower after the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957.
What is the National Defense Education Act (NDEA)?
300
This wartime conference was more positive than the next one at Potsdam. It included the agreement to have free elections in Eastern Europe and divide Germany.
What is Yalta?
300
These two terms both refer to Czechoslovakia (1968 and 1989 were the years).
What are the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution?
300
High population growth, brain drain, and resistance in traditional rural areas were all reasons Nehru was unable to achieve his goals in what social area?
What is education?
300
These were all extremist groups in the India case study. NOTE: Just one necessary and some may be arguable.
What is BJS, Akali Dal, Muslim League
300
This was the result of Nehru's health policies that increased life expectancy through an increase in doctors and education.
What is population growth?
400
This treaty, despite being negotiated for an extensive period of time, was never ratified by the U.S. Senate because they thought it was too favorable to the Soviet Union.
What is SALT II?
400
These three countries are those represented when historians talk about the Cold War becoming a tripolar conflict. NOTE: Need all three.
What are the USA, the USSR, and China?
400
Many instances of political extremism in Weimar Germany resulted from this. NOTE: multiple answers possible.
What is: economic distress, anger over the Treaty of Versailles, frustration with the ineffectiveness of government, the international shaming of Germany, upset at cultural change, etc.
400
These were all extremist groups in the US case study. NOTE: Just one necessary and some may be arguable.
What is the KKK, Black Panthers, Weathermen
400
This system of education was intended to limit the amount of critical thinking and higher-level learning available to Black South Africans. It culminated in this uprising. Note: Need both the system and the uprising for points.
What is the Bantu system and the Soweto uprising?
500
This person (Nixon's secretary of state) led the secret talks that led to ping-pong diplomacy and later full relations with China.
Who is Henry Kissinger?
500
Name at least one effect of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Note: Multiple answers are possible.
The USA supplied the mujahedeen, the USSR ignored its domestic needs, the Moscow and then LA Olympics were boycotted by opposing superpowers, there was a power vacuum in the Middle East, etc.
500
This was developed by a U.S. economist who negotiated reduced reparations both over the long term and in the short term for Weimar.
What is the Dawes Plan?
500
These were all extremist groups in the Weimar case study. NOTE: Just one necessary and some may be arguable.
What is KPD, Spartacus League, Nazi Party, Freikorps
500
Name at least one of the health & education policies put in place by the Weimar government. NOTE: there are multiple possibilities.
What are: free, mandatory schooling for eight years, increased openness and help for alcoholism, massive outreach to improve health through community exercise classes and access to care.
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