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WH2.13
Cold War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The new boundaries of Europe were decided where? | Yalta Conference |
| The Cold War was a rivalry between the US and who? | USSR |
| The ideological difference of the Cold War was democracy and free enterprise vs. ___________. | Dictatorship and communism |
| What is the idea of preventing the expansion of communism? | Containment |
| What President came up with the idea of containment? | Harry Truman |
| What is the Iron Curtain? | Line that divides Eastern Europe and communism from Western Europe and democracies |
| What is NATO? | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| Why was NATO founded? | As an alliance to fight communism |
| What was the communism alliance? | Warsaw Pact |
| What is the Domino Theory? | When one country falls to communism, the other countries will also fall to communism |
| What is the theory of deterrence? | Try to deter (or stop) the threat of nuclear war through peaceful means |
| Why is the Berlin Wall significant? | Symbolic of divisions between communist and democratic governments in the world |
| Where is DMZ in Korea? | 38th Parallel |
| Why does USA get involved in Korean War? | Policy of containment and fear of Domino Theory |
| Why does USA get involved in Vietnam War? | Policy of containment and fear of Domino Theory |
| The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense situation between what two countries? | USA and USSR |
| What ends the Cuban Missile Crisis? | Deterrence and peace negotiations |
| What is the first sign that communism would not last in Europe? | Tearing down of Berlin Wall and Germany uniting into one country |
| Why is the break up of the Soviet Union important to NATO? | New democratic countries = new allies |
| Who is the leader of Nationalist China [island of Taiwan]? | Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi] |
| Who is the leader of Communist China [Mainland China]? | Mao Tse-tung [Mao Zedong] |
| Who supported communist North Korea during the Korean War? | Soviet Union and China |
| Who is the leader of communist North Vietnam? | Ho Chi Minh |
| Who is the Prime Minister of India during the Cold War era? | Indira Gandhi |
| Who does Indira Gandhi form a close relationship with? | Soviet Union |
| What does Indira Gandhi develop in India? | Nuclear program |
| Who is the British Prime Minister during the Cold War? | Margaret Thatcher |
| What does Margaret Thatcher do for Great Britain? | Encouraged trade, less government regulation on business |
| Who does Margaret Thatcher work closely with during the Cold War? | USA |
| Who is the last president of the Soviet Union? | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| What is glasnost? | Openness of government; less censorship |
| What is perestroika? | Restructuring the government to be more efficient |
| Who comes up with glasnost and perestroika? | Mikhail Gorbachev [Soviet Union] |
| What did Deng Xiaoping do for China's economy? | Reformed to market economy and lead to economic growth |
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