Cold War - People
Cold War Events
Decolonization - 1
Decolonization - 2
Global Issues
General Review - Revs, Exploration, New Imperialism, WW2
100
The Great Leap Forward (1959-1961) is estimated to have killed between 15 and 55 million people in the People's Republic of China
The Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) resulted in a death toll of between 1 and 2 million
The overall toll makes this Chinese communist leader the worse mass murderer of the 20th century
Who is Mao Zedong?
100
The following have THIS in common:
-Soviet reforms (glasnost and perestroika)
-economic stagnation (non-growth)
-military overexpansion (Ex: arms race with US, War in Afghanistan)
What is the fall of the USSR?
100
Concerns of the Muslim League, headed by Muhammad Jinnah, led to this creation of this country when the British ended imperial control in South Asia
What is Pakistan?
100
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
Asian anticolonial leader associated with the above statement
Who is Gandhi?
100
A significant amount of this, particularly in the Amazon Rain Forest, has led to a loss of biodiversity, disruption of the water cycle, and overall climate change
What is deforestation?
100
Enlightenment philosophe who stated:
"Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself."
Who is John Locke?
200
Absent from Vietnam from 1910-40, he later led the Vietnamese nationalists in their struggle against the French after WW2
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
200
Done to end the 'brain drain' in East Germany, it became a symbol of the hostility between the communist and anti-communist world
What is the Berlin Wall?
200
“Nevertheless for more than eighty years, the French imperialists, abusing the standard of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, have violated our Fatherland and oppressed our fellow-citizens. They have acted contrary to the ideals of humanity and justice.”
The above is taken from the Declaration of Independence (1946) of this SE Asian nation
What is Vietnam?
200
SE Asian anticolonial leader who once stated:
"It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me."
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
200
Agreements of this type involve the elimination of barriers to trade - I.E. they help facilitate the easier movement of goods, labor, and services across international boundaries (ex: NAFTA)
What are free trade agreements?
200
The Creole Revolutions can refer to the wars of independence led by men such as Simon Bolivar in this region during the early 19th century
What is Latin America?
300
Took power in the USSR in 1985, his attempts to reform the Soviet system contributed to its eventual collapse
Who is Gorbachev?
300
Besides SALT, TWO OTHER SPECIFIC EXAMPLES of DETENTE in the 1970s
What is the Apollo-Soyuz Space mission & Nixon's opening to Communist China?
300
In 1934, this Asian island (s) colony was granted autonomy (semi-independence) by the US, and a timetable was set for full independence by 1944 - though WW2 delayed it for two more years
What are the Philippines?
300
Countries such as India chose to refrain from doing THIS during the Cold War for fear of being dominated by another major power
What is aligning with the US or the USSR?
300
Lifespans in the 20th and 21st centuries have increased - the downside of which are increases in "diseases of longevity" - an example is this, which is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by overall cognitive decline
What is Alzheimer's disease?
300
The Pueblo Revolt in the Spanish colony of New Mexico, and King Philip's War in the New England colonies have this in common
What is Native resistance to European colonization of North America?
400
In a major US foreign policy change following the end of WW2, THIS PRESIDENT offered financial and military aid to any nation resisting communist aggression
Who is Truman?
400
The Berlin Crisis of 1947-48 (Soviet blockade and subsequent Anglo-American airlift) leads to the creation of this alliance in 1949
What is NATO?
400
One of the last African colonies to gain independence from Britain (1980), it is located in southern Africa and was formerly called Rhodesia
What is Zimbabwe?
400
When the borders for many modern African nations were established (in some cases they were the same as old colonial boundaries), very little attention was paid to this
What are ethnic/cultural differences?
400
One factor that has led to the results recorded on the graph below AFTER the year 1700 (factor, not overall effect)
What is industrialization, pollution, etc.?
400
One piece of evidence from the cartoon below that demonstrates why European imperialism was successful in 19th century Africa
What is the use of modern technology, such as the telegraph and repeating rifle?
500
During the 1980s, this Presidential administration initially conducted a build-up of both nuclear and conventional military forces to challenge the USSR
What is the Reagan Administration?
500
Two SIMILARITIES between the Korean and Vietnam Wars
What is they originated in the policy of containment, and were proxy wars?
500
Ethnic tensions in this modern African nation, formerly part of the Belgian Congo, led to an attempted genocide in the early 1990s
What is Rwanda?
500
Dien Bien Phu marks the end of THIS IMPERIAL POWER'S rule in THIS COLONY
What is France and Indochina/Vietnam?
500
factors such as civil conflict, poverty, and climate change have led to increased amounts of THIS in the 21st century
What is human migration?
500
WW2 in the Pacific reaches a major turning point in June 1942 when the Japanese suffer their first defeat at this battle
What is Midway?