People
Terms
Korean War
Afghanistan
Hodge Podge
100
Who was the founder of North Korea?
Kim Il Sung
100
What term did Winston Churchill use to describe the border between communist and democratic countries in Europe??
The Iron Curtain
100
What is the name of the border dividing North and South Korea?
38th parallel or DMZ
100
Name of the group held responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
Al Qaeda
100
This plan provided aid to Western European countries to help them rebuild following WWII.
Marshall Plan
200
US President who succeeded FDR and made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan.
Harry Truman
200
What is the strip of land called that divides the Korean peninsula into North and South?
38th parallel / demilitarized zone / DMZ
200
The Korean War is an example of a _____________.
Proxy war
200
Name of the conservative fundamentalist Islamic government established in 1994 after the fall of the communist government.
Taliban
200
This granted aid to Greece and Turkey to help suppress communist rebellion and prevent the spread of communism.
Truman Doctrine
300
He was elected the president of Afghanistan in 2004.
Hamid Karzai
300
The term for the Afghani rebels who fought to eliminate the Soviet military and communist government from 1979-1989.
Mujahideen
300
Who won the Korean War?
No one – ?it ended in a cease-fire in 1953. Technically they are still at war today.
300
What role did the US CIA play in the Soviet-Afghan war from 1979-1989?
They supplied arms, funding, and training to the mujahideen.
300
- This conference laid the foundation for the Cold War. ??- Name one important development that was announced which contributed to the beginning of the Cold War. ??- Who was present?
- Potsdam Conference? - Truman announced the development and successful test of the atomic bomb. - Stalin (USSR), Truman (US), Attlee (UK)
400
Which Soviet leader pushed measures to reform the USSR leading to more open government and a free market economy?
Mikhail Gorbachev
400
What was the Berlin Blockade? How did the Allies break the blockade?
From 1948 to 1949 the USSR blocked all roads and railway access to West Berlin to prevent supplies from getting in.?Allies broke the blockade by airlifting in goods from West Germany to West Berlin
400
- Name all three leaders of North Korea in order from first to last. - North Korea is the world’s first communist _____________.
- Kim Il Sung => Kim Jong Il => Kim Jong Un??? - World’ first communist DYNASTY
400
Why did the USSR invade Afghanistan in 1979?
To help support the communist government against the mujahideen who were attempting to overthrow the government.
400
- Established in 1947 as a system to provide aid to help Eastern European countries rebuild.? - Seen as the Soviet version of the Marshall Plan.? - Member nations => Poland, East Germany, Czechslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania
The Molotov Plan
500
Give the names and countries of the leaders present at the Yalta Conference in Feb 1945
Stalin – USSR ?FDR – US? Churchill - UK
500
What were the names for Gorbachev’s policies aimed at reforming the USSR?
Glasnost – opening up the government and making it more transparent to citizens??Perestroika – Transition to a free market / capitalist economy
500
Explain how US and USSR Cold War policies influenced the Korean War. Make sure you use the two related terms…
US containment => support of SK non-communist government? to stop spread of communism?? USSR expansionism => support of NK communist government and invasion of South Korea
500
Where did the US find and bring down Osama Bin Laden?
Abbottabad, Pakistan
500
What are the fronts of the Cold War?
- Espionage / Diplomacy? - Proxy Wars ?- Propaganda? - Technology / Space race? - Arms race? - Economic competition
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