Define
(Extra 100 Points if you can say what this is an example of)
Marshall Plan
Extra: Example of containment
Explain why the United Nations was formed after WWII.
To keep peace, and prevent WWIII/a nuclear war.
Name of the Communist leader of Cuba
Fidel Castro
What is the political stance of Third World countries?
Neutral
What was the result of United States involvement in the Korean War?
Communism was able to stay out of S. Korea, aka containment
Churchill's name for the division between Eastern and Western Europe.
The Iron Curtain
What was the goal of China's Cultural Revolution?
Get China to accept and adopt Socialist philosophies.
Name of Chinas communist leader who wanted to purge China of democratic ideas
Mao Zedong
The name of the Chinese paramilitary group that enforced Mao Zedong's policies, mostly made up of youth.
Red Guard
What was the result of the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
The fall of Communism and the end of the Cold War
The name of the defensive military alliance between the United States and other First World countries.
NATO
Explain the purpose of SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)
Limit the amount of intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons.
Name of the communist leader of Vietnam, and led the rebellion against the French.
Ho Chi Minh
Name of the United States theory that if one country fell to communism many more would follow.
Domino Theory
What was a result/accomplishment of the...
Arms Race:
Space Race:
Arms race: development of the H-Bomb and Soviet Union developing nuclear weapons
Space Race: Soviets launch Sputnik, NASA is formed, Soviet's send first man to space, or U.S. sends first man to the moon
Name of indirect political and economic influence/control of a country.
Neocolonialism
What is a consequence of the breaking up of Yugoslavia during the 1990's?
(Think of religion)
The "ethnic cleansing"/ genocide of Bosnian Muslims
Name of the first female Prime Minister of England
Margaret Thatcher
What is a Proxy War?
(Extra 100 if you can give two examples of Proxy Wars)
A war where superpowers use substitutes instead of fighting each other directly.
Extra: Korean War, Vietnam War, Berlin Conflict, Latin American Revolution
What happened to the Soviet economy as a result of the Space Race and Arms Race?
The Soviet economy declined dramatically
Define Gorbachev's new policies:
Glasnost:
Perestroika:
Glasnost: freedom of speech and press
Perestroika: allowed small private businesses
Give an example of the Cold War "thawing" (ending).
SALT, Glasnost, Perestroika, Fall of Berlin Wall, or former satellite nations forming Democracies
Name of the Soviet Communist leader after Stalin, he wished for a more peaceful relationship with the west
Nikita Khrushchev
What is a mixed economy?
An economic system that blends capitalist and socialist economies.
List 3 ways the United States and Soviet Union competed during the Cold War
Arms Race, Space Race, Proxy Wars (Korean War, Vietnam War, Berlin Conflict, Latin American Revolution)