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The cold war wasn't fought on a battlefield. What was the war about?
It was a war of ideologies between Western democracies and Eastern communist countries.
100
What structure was built to divide the main city in Germany?
The Berlin Wall
100
Which two counties were in an arms race?
U.S. & Soviet Union
100
Who began a movement of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in India?
Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
100
How big were the first computers, OR, how much did they weigh?
Huge, took up whole rooms, weighed around 30 tons
200
What is the meaning of Iron Curtain? Who made this phrase?
Communist countries in Eastern Europe were isolated from the west behind the Iron Curtain, said Winston Churchill.
200
Who was the Chinese communist leader who was responsible for the failed Great Leap Forward?
Mao Zedong
200
What does arms race mean?
Building up their armies and weapons just in case they went to war with each other
200
What two countries was India partitioned into? What religions did each country follow?
India (Hindu), Pakistan (Muslim)
200
What quickly replaced the radio as a major news source?
Television
300
Name who occupied the 4 zones of Germany after WWII.
Great Britain, France, U.S., Soviet Union
300
Where did student protestors set up in Beijing to protest Communist party corruption?
Tiananmen Square
300
What kind of weapons were increasingly dangerous during this time?
Nuclear Weapons
300
What was apartheid?
the policy in South Africa of segregating whites and blacks, and allowing only the small white minority to vote.
300
What is globalization?
the process of making something worldwide, or global
400
What is the name of the line where Korea is divided into two parts?
The 38th Parallel
400
Explain what the Domino Effect is.
The U.S. was afraid that counties in Asia would all slowly fall like dominoes to communism if communists won in South Vietnam.
400
Who led a revolution of workers and peasants in Cuba and became a communist leader?
Fidel Castro
400
What is Pan-Africanism?
the concept of uniting all black Africans regardless of national boundaries
400
Which two nations were in a space race?
U.S. and USSR (soviet union)
500
Who built the Berlin Wall?
Nikita Khrushchev
500
How did the cold war end, OR, Who was responsible for the end of the cold war?
The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. Reforms were introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev.
500
What was the invasion called when exiled Cuban fighters tried to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba, but failed?
The Bay of Pigs
500
Who was the first president of South Africa elected by the majority of the people, who had previously spent 27 years in prison?
Nelson Mandela
500
What are the names of the first two people to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong & Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin