L1 Vocab
What does the term COLD WAR mean?
Tension/Rivalry without actual fighting between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
Who is Mao Zedong?
Communist leader of China
After WWII, what two countries became rival superpowers?
U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
In China, who fought in the Civil War? (Which 2 groups of people)
Communists and Nationalists (non-communist)
Which term describes "tension without direct fighting"?
Cold War (lesson 1 vocab)
What was the goal of the U.S. policy of containment?
To stop the spread of communism to new countries.
Who is Chiang Kia-shek?
Nationalist leader of China
What type of government/economy did the U.S. support?
Capitalism (Economy) and Democracy (Government)
Who did the U.S. support in China's Civil War?
Nationalists (non-Communists)
What line divided Korea after WWII?
The 38th Parallel
What did Churchill mean by the "Iron Curtain" in Europe? (define the iron curtain)
The divide between Communist East and Non-Communist West
Why was Taiwan important to the Cold War?
It is where the Nationalists escaped after the Civil War in China (they lost)
What did the Soviet Union set up in Eastern Europe after WWII?
Who won in China in 1949?
The Communists
Which country entered the Korean War to help NORTH Korea?
China (remember China was Communist and so was North Korea)
Why did the U.S. create the Marshall Plan? (what problem was it trying to solve)
Rebuilding Europe (it was destroyed in the war)
What was the 38th parallel?
The boundary that divided North and South Korea
What was the U.S. policy meant to stop communism from spreading? (Think of the fireflies in the jar)
Containment
Where did the "losers" of the Chinese Civil War flee to?
Taiwan
What alliance was formed for "mutual defense" in the WEST (non-communist countries)?
NATO
What did the Truman Doctrine promise to do for those countries that were threatened by communism?
To send aid or support to those countries
After WWII, how was Korea divided?
Into North Korea (Communist) and South Korea (non-Communist)
When the Soviets blocked West Berlin, what did the U.S. do in response? (we couldn't touch the ground......)
What action started the Korean War in 1950?
The invasion of South Korea by North Korea
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Give money and aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII
(so the countries didn't turn Communist)