Technology
What was the Hydrogen Bomb?
A bomb developed in the early 1950's by the US and the Soviet Union that was much more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan at the end of WWII.
Who was Harry Truman?
The man who became president when Franklin D. Roosevelt died. He also gave the order to drop the atomic bomb.
What is the Iron Curtain?
How did the Korean War (1950-1953) start?
It started when North Korea, which was occupied by the Soviet Union, invaded South Korea, which was occupied by the US, in an attempt to reunite the country under it's leadership.
What was the Tehran Conference?
A conference in Iran in November 1943 in which the Allies agreed that the Soviet Union would focus on freeing Eastern Europe, while Britain and the US would concentrate Western Europe.
What were satellite countries?
Small states that are economically or politically dependent on a larger, more powerful state.
Who was Mao Zedong?
Leader of the communists in the Chinese Civil War. He ordered the nationalization of Chinese industries and created five-year plans based on the Soviet Union model.
What is it called when, regardless of who started a war, both countries would be obliterated by the end of it.
Mutual assured destruction.
What was the cause of the Algerian War for Independence?
Feelings of nationalism; mounting social, political and economic crises; and restrictive laws and violence.
What was the Potsdam Conference?
The final meeting among the leaders of the Big Three which began in July 1945 in Germany.
What was Sputnik?
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957.
Who was the first president of Ghana after it earned its independence in 1957?
Kwame Nkrumah.
What is containment?
Not letting communism spread farther.
What was the Biafran Civil War?
A war that began in 1967 when the Igbos tried to secede in the northern-dominated government. They declared themselves an independent nation called Biafra.
What nations were a part of the United Nations (UN)?
The US, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China.
What is a hot line?
A direct telegraph/teleprinter link between two places.
Who was Charles de Gaulle?
A French President in 1958. He lead through the Algerian conflict in France and planned the steps through which Algeria would win independence.
What is the domino theory?
The idea that if one country in the region became communist, other countries would soon follow.
What was the Yom Kippur War of 1973?
A war in which Israel repealed a surprise invasion by Egypt and Syria.
What was the strong statement made in 1947 that the US would do what it had to do to stop the spread of communist influence?
The Truman Doctrine.
What were communes?
Large agricultural communities where the stat held the land, not private owners.
Who was Sirimavo Bandaranaike?
The world's first female prime minister, a position that she won in 1960 in Ceylon and later Sri Lanka.
What nations were a part of the communist bloc?
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.
What was the Soviet-Afghan War?
A war in which the Soviets invaded Afghanistan to prop up that country's communist government against Muslim fighters. The war put immense stress on the Soviet Union's centralized economic system and left Soviet leadership vulnerable to reform.
What was the Marshall Plan?
Enacted in June 1947, it was designed to offer $12 billion in aid to all nations of Europe, including Germany. This would rebuild Europe's damaged infrastructure.