The Cold War
A term describing the political tension between the U.S. and the USSR (Soviet Union) after WWII.
What is the Cold War?
The country that gained independence from the British under Gandhi's leadership.
What is India?
A war that began in 1950 and ended in a stalemate in 1953. (Hint: This war was one of the hotspots we discussed)
What is the Korean War?
An event that happened to the Soviet Union in 1991.
What is it collapsed or dissolved?
A global challenge caused by rising carbon emissions.
What is climate change?
A military alliance that was created by the U.S. and its allies in 1949.
What is NATO?
The system of racial segregation ended in South Africa in the 1990s.
What is apartheid?
A Southeast Asian conflict that involved the U.S. trying to stop communism. (Hint: This is another Cold War hotspot we discussed?)
What is the Vietnam War?
An economic system became dominant worldwide after the Cold War.
What is capitalism?
A protest movement that focused on ending police violence in the 2010s.
What is Black Lives Matter?
The name of the imaginary dividing line between Eastern and Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
The first black president of South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
A symbol of the Cold War that fell in 1989, leading to Germany’s reunification.
What is the Berlin Wall?
A global organization that replaced the League of Nations after WWII.
What is the United Nations?
A 2011 movement that led to uprisings across the Arab World.
What is the Arab Spring?
An event in 1962 that nearly caused nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
An Asian country that was split into communist North and democratic South after WWII.
What is Korea?
The Soviet policy of openness that was introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev.
What is glasnost?
A U.S. event in 2001 that led to a global “War on Terror”.
What is 9/11?
A pandemic that disrupted life around the globe starting in 2020.
A U.S. policy that aimed to stop the spread of communism after WWII.
What is containment?
The first South American country to become independent.
What is Colombia?
The conflict between the U.S. and USSR that involved space exploration.
What is the Space Race?
A 1990s conflict that involved ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia.
What are the Balkan Wars?
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
What was the Russia-Ukraine War?