Berlin Wall and Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall divided which two parts?
East Berlin and West Berlin
Where is the DMZ?
38th parallel.
The Vietnam war was a proxy war between which Countries?
USA (South Vietnam) and USSR (North Vietnam)
What is the Space Race
A race between the USA and USSR to be the first one to the space and the moon.
Who was the lead of China after the Chinese Civil War?
Mao Zedong
What did the Allies send to the Germans by air? What is the name of this plan?
Supplies and food.
Berlin Airlift
US and UN
What military group was from South Vietnam but supported North Vietnam?
Viet Cong
What is the Arms Race?
A race between the USA and USSR to build more better nuclear weapons.
Where did the nationalist party go after they lost the Civil War?
Taiwan
After WWII, Germany was occupied and divided by which four countries?
Great Britain, France, United States, USSR
Who supported North Korea?
USSR and China
What strategies did the Viet Cong use?
guerrilla Warfare and Underground tunnels.
Where did the USSR plan to place missiles?
Cuba
What were the young generation and the book called during the Cultural Revolution?
Red Guard and Little Red book
When was Berlin Wall torn down?
November 1989
What was the result of Korean War?
Korea was separated into two countries.
North Korea-Communist country
South Korea-Democratic
How did the Vietnam War end?
North Vietnam won. Communist country as a whole.
Where were the US missile placed?
Turkey and Italy
How did the Great Leap Forward impact people?
Famine. Collectivized Farms made people starving. More people went to the cities, so less farmers.
People lost trust to the government
Unachievable plans and unreal data
Explain Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan.
The Truman Doctrine was a U.S. policy announced by President Harry Truman in 1947. It promised American support to countries trying to stop the spread of communism
The Marshall Plan was an American program that provided billions of dollars in economic aid to help rebuild European countries after World War II.
What type of government does North and South Korea have today? What is the significance of North Korea's government?
North - Totalitarian Government. Significant because it is the only modern day example of a totalitarian government we have
South - Democracy. They vote and have elections similar to the USA
Why did Americans protest the Vietnam War? at least two reasons.
High casualties, draft, first televised war
Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis a turning point? Give at least 2 reasons.
1. It brought the United States and the Soviet Union extremely close to nuclear war in 1962.
2. It led to improved communication and efforts to reduce nuclear tensions.
3. Both sides took a step back and reduced their nuclear weapons and missiles
Give TWO reasons HOW the cultural revolution impacted people in China?
People were persecuted without reason.
Cultural traditions and buildings were destroyed (The 4 Olds)
The Communist Party gained more power.