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Unit 8 (Cold War)
Unit 8 (Cold War)
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Soviet policy; purpose was to end censorship & encourage people to talk openly about the country's problems
Glasnost
Detente
Containment
Perestroika
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China had border & ideological disputes with
Mongolia
Japan
USSR
Korea
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Most directly lead to the creation of NATO
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Hungarian Revolution
Berlin Blockade
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How did the Warsaw Pact differ from NATO
It focused on developing nuclear weapons for all members
Their goal was to attack other nations, rather than to defend themselves
Used by Soviets to keep satellite states under control
There were more countries in the Warsaw Pact
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A lessening of Cold War tensions
Perestroika
Glasnost
Detente
SALT
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The US, Western Europe, NATO, anyone who embraced democracy & capitalism
First World
Third World
Second World
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Which nation committed genocide, killing about 1/3 of its own people?
China
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
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Soviet policy; economic restructuring
Containment
Glasnost
Perestroika
Detente
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Includes the Soviet Union, its satellite states, and Warsaw Pact nations
Third World
Second World
First World
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Which event was the decisive victory in the Space Race?
Apollo 11 moon landing
Soviet launch of Sputnik 1
John Glenn orbits the earth
Yuri Gagarin orbits the earth
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The main ideological difference during the Cold War
Catholicism vs. Protestantism
Democracy vs. Monarchy
Capitalism vs. Traditionalism
Capitalism vs. Communism
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Leader of North Korea during Cold War
Ho Chi Minh
Zhou Enlai
Kim Il-Sung
Mao Zedong
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A nation most likely included in the Second World
Japan
Poland
West Germany
Greece
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A symbol of the division between East & West and the Cold War fear of communism
Iron curtain
Berlin Blockade
The Suez Canal
The Great Wall
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Why did the Soviet Union want to keep Germany divided?
To keep them weak so they couldn't attack again
To weaken their previously strong economy
To discourage Turkey's alliance with the US
To strengthen Russia's claim on Poland
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US policy: if any nation in Southeast Asia falls to communism, so too will the other nations in the region
Domino Theory
Eisenhower Doctrine
Containment
Truman Doctrine
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Nations achieving independence & dismantling existing colonial systems
Uprising
Decolonization
Spring
Revolution
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A success of the containment policy
Korean War
Six-Day War
Vietnam War
Cuban Revolution
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Why is it called a Cold War?
People questioned global warming
The world was in a mini-ice age
Relations between US & USSR were frosty
There were no real wars in this time
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Leader of the Soviet Union who denounced Stalin's most extreme policies
Nikita Kruschchev
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
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What is the timespan of the Cold War?
1945-1966
1960-1991
1938-1945
1945-1990
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Nation invaded by Warsaw Pact members because they wanted democratic reforms
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Hungary
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An example of brinkmanship
U2 spy plane incident
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Wall
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The Eisenhower Doctrine was used to justify American intervention in
Vietnam & Cambodia
Korea
Latin America
The Middle East
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2 nations that previously colonized Indochina (Vietnam)
USA & Japan
France & Japan
Britain & Japan
Germany & France
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First leader of Communist China
Kim Il-Sung
Zhou Enlai
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
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Mao's Cult of Personality represents which Cold War strategy?
Proxy War
Brinkmanship
Propaganda
Espionage
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The US provided weapons to the Mujahideen during the
Vietnam War
Soviet-Afghan War
Korean War
Iranian Revolution
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Which event marked a turning point in American opinion about the Vietnam War?
Fall of Saigon
Gulf of Tonkin incident
My Lai Massacre
Tet Offensive
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A failure of the policy of containment
Korean War
Berlin Wall
Vietnam War
Soviet-Afghan War
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A nation not allied with NATO or the Warsaw Pact nations
First World
Second World
Third World
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Going to the edge of war to see who will backdown first
Espionage
Brinkmanship
Proxy war
Alliances
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A failed American-backed invasion & coup in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sandinista Uprising
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Blockade
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Purpose of this organization was to defend its members in the event of an attack
SEATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
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What was used to prevent East Germans from escaping to the West?
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Airlift
The KGB
The Berlin Blockade
