Post WW2 Europe
Which European country was divided into eastern and western halves in the years after WW2?
Germany
What continent is Korea a part of?
Asia
Who was the POTUS at the time of the crisis?
John F. Kennedy
Which country was the first to put a man on the moon?
USA
Who was the American President at the start of the Cold War?
Harry Truman
What type of government did East Germany have? West Germany?
Communism in the East.
Democracy in the West
The Korean war was basically a civil war. What is a "civil war" and what were the two sides that fought in this one?
A war between countrymen. (i.e. North Koreans fighting South Koreans)
Which American state is Cuba closest to?
Florida
Name the first satellite successfully put into Earth's orbit and name the country that launched it.
Sputnik / The Soviet Union
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
What did Churchill call the imaginary line dividing Europe's western democratic half with the eastern communist half?
The Iron Curtain
What other countries/organizations also fought in the Korean War and what sides did they fight for?
USA and the United Nations fought with the democratic South.
China and the Soviet Union supported the Communist North.
Who was the leader of Cuba at the time?
Fidel Castro
What country put the first woman in space?
The Soviet Union
What color is commonly associated with communism and became a nasty nickname for any one suspected of being a communist.
Red
ex. "Joseph Stalin was a dirty red!"
What were the two strategic organizations that divided Europe into eastern and western halves?
Name two countries in each.
NATO (Western Europe): USA, England, France, W. Germany, Italy, etc.
Warsaw Pact (Eastern Europe): Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, Romania, etc.
What line of latitude was the separated North and South Korea at the beginning of the war?
What line of latitude was the separated North and South Korea at the end of the war?
The 38th Parallel (for both the beginning and the end of the war)
How did the USA respond to Soviet Missiles being installed in Cuba?
America initiated a naval blockade (quarantine) around the island of Cuba
How did the success of Sputnik effect American school children?
Motivated American schools to put a greater emphasis on science and mathematics (S.T.E.M.)
Name the first man to walk on the Moon.
Neil Armstrong
Explain what the Berlin Airlift was.
When the USA and its allies supplied West Berlin by air after the Soviet Union cut-off all access by land.
What famous General was relieved of his command by President Truman for insubordination.
General Douglas MacArthur
What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviets removed the missiles.
USA removed missiles from Italy and Turkey and promised never to invade Cuba.
What Space Race technology contributed most to the arms race between the USA & USSR?
Missile technology (i.e. jet propulsion)
Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov is not a famous indivdual, but he should be an international hero! Why?
As an officer on a Soviet submarine, he prevented his captain from launching a nuclear torpedo during the Cuban Missile Crisis.