The End of WWII
Name of conference held in a Russian resort town in the Crimea in February of 1945, to discuss the division of post-war Europe.
What is the Yalta Conference.
Definition of the 'Iron Curtain.'
What is a political boundary that divided Europe into Easter, Communist Europe, and Western Democratic Europe.
The economic and political system adopted by North Korea after WWII.
What is Communism
Year that the Soviets developed their first atomic weapon
1949
Year that Sputnik I was created.
What is 1957
Names of the three political leaders who met in the Russian resort town in the Crimea in 1945 to discuss the division of post-war Europe.
Who are Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill.
1.The function of Stalin's satellite nations.
2. Name two Satellite nations.
1. Satellite nations acted as a buffer for the Soviet Union against future attacks or invasions, in addition to providing valuable resources for Soviet development.
2. Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and East Germany
The economic and political system adopted by South Korea after WWII
What is capitalism.
Type of atomic weapon developed by the US in 1952
What is hydrogen bomb
1.What was special about Sputnik I?
2.Which country achieved this feat?
1.It was the first man-made satellite to be sent into space to orbit the earth.
2. Soviet Union
1. The name of the intergovernmental, military, and economic alliance that was formed after WWII?
2. The purpose of this organization...
1. What is the United Nations?
2. What is to maintain international peace and security.
1. Definition of the policy of containment.
2. List and explain the function of two policies used by the U.S. to aid 'containment.'
1. The policy of preventing communism from spreading beyond the eastern communist bloc.
2. Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan: US pledged to defend countries from being taken over by communism through financial aid
In what year was South Korea invaded, and by whom?
What is 1950 by the North Koreans.
1. Name of the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created and tested.
2. Place of origin of the weapon
2. Soviet Union
1. The weight of Sputnik I?
2. What did the satellite do?
1.187lbs
2. Emit a beep as it orbited earth that could be received via radio wave.
Explain how Germany was divided and occupied after WWII.
Germany was divided into 4 occupational zones. East Germany was occupied by the Soviets, and West Germany was occupied by America, Britain, and France. The city of Berlin was also divided in this manner.
1. Why did Stalin Blockade West Berlin, and in what year did this occur?
2. How did the Berlin Airlift resolve the crisis?
1. He wanted to prevent supplies from reaching WB so that he could ultimately claim the region as part of the communist bloc. 1948.
2. The U.S was able to airdrop supplies to WB, forcing Stalin to lift the blockade.
Which organization sent troops to aid the South Koreans? Why was this event a notable one?
What is the UN. It was the first time that a peacekeeping organization was successful in using its military to halt aggression.
Explain Eisenhower's 'New Look' policy of 1953
The policy prioritized having a large stockpile of nuclear weapons as oppose to a standing army. Funding for the military, and navy were cut, and the Airforce was prioritized. Additionally, education policies for STEM were passed that encouraged more Americans to study math and the sciences.
1. Name of organization created by America in response to the creation of Sputnik I
2. Year America launched their first satellite into space
NASA
1958
Three outcomes of the Yalta Conference.
1. Creation of the United Nations
2. Soviet Union would keep Poland, and allow free-elections there and in Eastern Europe
3. Unconditional surrender of Germany: it would be divided into 4 occupational zones.
4. Soviets would join the allies in defeating Japan in the Pacific.
1. What does NATO stand for? When was it formed? What was its purpose?
2. What was the Warsaw Pact? When was it formed?
3. What does SEATO stand for? When was it formed, and what was its purpose?
1,North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 1949; Collective security organization that safeguarded member nations from communist attack.
2. Warsaw Pact: collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and its satellite nations. Formed in 1955.
3. SEATO: South Asia Treaty Org. Collective defense org. created in 1954
1.In what year did NK and the US sign an armistice ending the war?
2. The name of the demilitarized zone along the border of North and South Korea.
2. What is the 38th parallel.
1. What does M.A.D. stand for?
2. Explain the principle.
1. Mutual Assured Destruction
2. A doctrine of military strategy and national security policy which posits that a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by an attacker on a nuclear-armed defender with second-strike capabilities would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender; hence the threat of nuclear use is a deterrent to the opposing side.