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Postwar Problems
WMD
Nuclear Power
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100
U.S. President elected in 1960
John F. Kennedy
100
Declares Austria a Neutrual Nation in the Cold War
Austrian State Treaty
100
What does ICBM stand for
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
100
Using the heat from a nuclear reaction is known as
Thermonuclear power
100
intended to placate or pacify
conciliatory
200
MAD is used as what?
Nuclear Deterrence Policy
200
Disagreement in another countries political system
Ideological Opposition
200
Phase after launch where a ballistic missile reaches the apex of its' trajectory
Mid-course
200
Which nuclear reaction is used in nuclear reactors?
Nuclear Fusion
200
Wall built separating the two sides of the German capital.
Berlin Wall
300
What is a benefit of Thermonuclear Power?
Very Clean, Very Efficient
300
Revolt in Eastern Europe in 1956 against Soviet Union. Failure
Hungarian Uprising
300
Attached to a ballistic missile, used to attack multiple targets at once
MIRV
300
What are the dangers of nuclear reactors? (two answers)
Nuclear Meltdown and Nuclear Waste
300
Headquarters of the United Nations in Switzerland
Geneva
400
Which country had the First ICBM?
Soviet Union/ Russia
400
Which country was in the best position economically after WWII?
U.S.
400
Minimum distance a missile can travel to be considered an ICBM
3200 miles
400
Steam is created by the fusion this element
Plutonium or Uranium
400
Government by the People
Democracy
500
Using cleverly placed Nuclear Weapons as a deterrence, and using air power as a strategic advantage. Daily Double
New Look Strategy
500
Invasion of Egypt by the UK and France. Attempted to remove Egyptian president and gain control of the canal.
Suez Crisis
500
What does MAD stand for?
Mutually Assured Destruction
500
World Famous Nuclear Meltdown in 1986
Chernobyl
500
Leader of Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin
Georgy Malenkov /Nikita Khrushchev