Cold War Causes
Cold War Effects
Spread of Communism
Decolonization
New States
End of Cold War
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What was the principal ideological cause of the Cold War?
Capitalism (US) v. Communism (USSR)
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How did the US and USSR fight during the Cold War?
Via Proxy Wars
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China's economy most closely mirrored this major global power after 1949.
Soviet Union
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This ideology most encouraged the decolonization movements in the "Third World".
Nationalism
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What was the name of the movement that decided not to align with either the US or USSR?
Non-Alignment Movement
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This major event ended the Cold War.
Collapse of the Soviet Union (1991)
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The Cold War led to the proliferation of this type of weapon.
Nuclear Weapons
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Why did the US and USSR fight each other via proxy wars during the Cold War?
To avoid direct military confrontations that could lead to nuclear war.
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This strategy, used by the United States, was meant to stop the spread of communism.
Containment
Truman Doctrine
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This trans-national movement aimed to unite the nations in Africa.
Pan-Africanism
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This new state, formed in the Middle East in 1948, is still in a state of conflict today.
Israel
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What happened to the number of nuclear weapons following the Cold War?
What was this process called? (two possible answers)
# of nuclear weapons declined
Denuclearization / nuclear disarmament
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How did the US and USSR become the dominant superpowers during the Cold War?
Military and economic decline of Western European colonial empires after WWII.
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What was one proxy war the US and USSR engaged in during the Cold War?
Chinese Civil War, Korean War, Mau Mau uprising, Afghanistan.
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Identify THREE Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe
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Leaders in Africa and Asia, such as Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969), Jomo Kenyatta (1894–1978), and Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972), have THIS in common.
Opposition to colonial rule.
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Identify ONE new African state that emerged as a result of decolonization.
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THIS US president famously said "Tear down that wall" and WHAT wall was he talking about?
Ronald Reagan
Berlin Wall
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What were the TWO main alliance systems of the Cold War?
NATO & Warsaw Pact
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After WWII, what did countries around the world do to restore the global economy?
Established new financial institutions, such as the World Bank
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What was the name of ONE of China's communist policies and what was its goal?
Great Leap Forward & Cultural Revolution: Unite China under communist beliefs
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This trans-national movement aimed to unite the Middle East and North Africa.
Pan-Arabism
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Why were new states hesitant about becoming aligned with the US or the USSR?
As former colonial territories, they were wary of being dominated by another foreign power.
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Why do migrants tend to move from former colonial territories to imperial metropoles (colonizer's territory)?
Hint: PULL FACTOR
Migrants are attracted to many aspects of the cultural, political, and economic systems that imperial powers had brought to their colonies.
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This event, in which the world was at its closest it's ever been to being ended by nuclear weapons, was a global "playing chicken" between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
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How did ideological rivalries between Western countries and the Soviet bloc lead to political instability or conflict in Asia?
Cold War Proxy Wars!
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Who were the primary audiences of the speeches of communist revolutionaries like Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh?
Peasants
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This philosophical movement inspired revolutions from the 18th century (US, France, Haiti) to the 20th century (Africa, S/SE Asia).
The Enlightenment (natural rights, freedom, independence, equality)
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How did European imperialism from the 19th century lead to INTERNAL conflict in new states in Africa during the 20th century?
Boundaries set by former European colonizers continued to create local conflict during the decolonization era.
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Some historians believe the Cold War never really ended. Provide an example that supports this point and explain.
Russia and Ukraine- annexation of Crimea (2014) and later invasion (Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-?)