Cold War Context
The Iron Curtain/Divisions
Influence Wars and Wars in Asia
Suez and other places in the world including Cuba
Vietnam War, Soviet Ascent and fall of the USSR
100
Who were the main opposing powers in the Cold War?
USSR or Soviets
and
The US
100
Where did the Soviets and the US try to influence first?
Europe
100
Which bloc did Greece end up in?
Western
100
What was an alliance who was in opposition to NATO
The Warsaw Pact
100
The US was worried about Communists expanding into what part of Vietnam?
The South
200
How many people died in WWII
around 60 million
200
What was the plan called in which the US gave support to European countries after WWII
The Marshall Plan
200
Where did Chinese nationalists go after they lost on the China mainland?
Taiwan
200
What other communist country broke its alliance with Russia?
China
200
France left ______________because the US wouldn't work toward a peaceful solution in Vietnam, but they eventually rejoined.
NATO
300
What type of government was the USSR
Communist
300
What did the US do when the Soviets/USSR blockaded West Berlin
The used an airlift to supply West Berlin.
300
Who led the fight against communists in South Korea
The US
300
What was it called when countries chose to not join up as an ally of the US or of the USSR
Non-aligned
300
Who won the Vietnam War?
Vietnam
The Communists
400
When did atomic weapons come into the world?
At the end of WWII
1945
Hiroshima
400
Who was fired in the US as part of a witch hunt?
Employees with communist ideas.
400
What country had colonial influence in Vietnam?
France
400
Where did the US remove missiles from when the USSR took their missiles out of Cuba?
Turkey
Europe
400
Why did the Soviet Union fail?
They ran out of money
500
Who came up with Communism?
Carl Marx
500
What did we call the line between the Soviet bloc and Europe
The Iron Curtain
500
Who supported Vietnamese nationalists below the 17th parallel?
The US
500
Who was US president during Cuban missle crisiss
JFK
500
Who fought with the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan but eventually planned a terrorist attack on the US?
