Chapter 30

Question 1

Was started after ww2 would last more than 40 years between these two powers

Answer 1

The Cold War

Question 2

The U.S. Had ___________ to protect themselves after ww2

Answer 2

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)-Western Europe

Question 3

The Soviet Union had _______ to protect themselves after ww2

Answer 3

Warsaw Pact-eastern europe

Question 4

The tensions between the United States and Soviet Union was called

Answer 4

Iron curtain

Question 5

_____ Berlin was democratic U.S.A

Answer 5

West

Question 6

______ Berlin was communist Soviet Union

Answer 6

East

Question 7

to stop the exodus east Germany built a wall in 1961 that cut off west Germany (the wall cut through Berlin and this was called. It became a key symbol of the cold air because it physically split a city in half (half being democratic and half being communist)

Answer 7

Berlin Wall

Question 8

By 1953 the United States and Russia had developed _______ bombs (were more destructive than atomic bombs)

Answer 8

Hydrogen

Question 9

Limited the number of nuclear weapons on each side

Answer 9

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

Question 10

Were missiles that could shoot down other missiles from hostile areas

Answer 10

Anti-Ballistic Missiles (AMBs)

Question 11

U.S. President Ronald Reagan launched a program called _______ missiles defense against nuclear attacks

Answer 11

Star Wars

Question 12

After ww2 communist forces were assisting

Answer 12

China and Korea

Question 13

The United States and its allies from another alliance. This alliances contained U.S., Britain, France, Australia, Pakistan, Thailand, New Zealand and the Philippines

Answer 13

Southeast-asia treaty organization (SEATO)

Question 14

Central treaty organization which comprised of Britain, turkey, Iran, and Pakistan

Answer 14

CENTO

Question 15

Russia created an alliance with

Answer 15

Africa and Asia

Question 16

By 1959 led his guerrilla army to victory and set about transforming the country. This is known as Cuban Revolution

Answer 16

Fidel Castro

Question 17

The attempt to overthrow Castro was known as

Answer 17

Bay of Pigs

Question 18

Khruschev removed the nuclear weapons from ________ and the U.S. removed nuclear missiles from _______turkey

Answer 18

Cuba and Turkey

Question 19

In 1956 he shocked the top of communist party members when he publicly denounced Stalin’s abuse of power. He kept Stalin’s communist control. It closed down prison camps and eased censorships

Answer 19

Nikita Khruschev

Question 20

In these markets economies producers and consumers make economic decisions

Answer 20

Free market

Question 21

The economy and market are controlled by

Answer 21

Supply and demand

Question 22

The idea is to keep communism in its existing boundaries and prevent communism from expanding

Answer 22

Containment

Question 23

Were designed to protect from radioactive particles that would come after a nuclear explosion

Answer 23

Shelters

Question 24

This fear went so far that a United States sensation in 1950 joseph McCarthy led a hunt for suspected American communism

Answer 24

Red Scare

Question 25

He became famous for charging people to be communist without any proof these types of charges and ideology became known as McCarthyism

Answer 25

Joseph McCarthy

Question 26

Americans grew more affluent and many moved from life in city to suburbs

Answer 26

Suburbanization

Question 27

Usually consisted of single family houses that had lawns and access to good schools

Answer 27

Suburbs

Question 28

President Dwight Eisenhower Approved government funding to build vast interstate. This allowed for further suburbanization because Americans now could work in the city and drive home to the suburbs

Answer 28

Highway System

Question 29

Forced separation (in schools and homes)

Answer 29

Segregation

Question 30

Which is unequal treatment in jobs, voting and social life

Answer 30

Discrimination

Question 31

This ruling declared that segregating schools were unconstitutional

Answer 31

Brown vs. board of education Topeka

Question 32

Emerged as a leader of the civil rights movements for African Americans. He was leading a movement which fought for equal rights. Rights to vote, right to free speech, equal job opportunities

Answer 32

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 33

The civil rights movement laid way for all races in America to fight for their rights

Answer 33

Asians, Latinos, Native Americans, Women

Question 34

During the 1960-1970 women had the right to vote but they were still facing discrimination creating this movement which fought for equality in all areas of life (something that continues today)

Answer 34

Women's Rights

Question 35

After the devastation of ww2 there were only two great powers left

Answer 35

United States and Soviet Union (Russia)

Question 36

Chinese Communist had control of much of

Answer 36

Northern China

Question 37

Communist regime led by _________-fought a civil war against nationalist

Answer 37

Mao Zedong

Question 38

Held cities and soon each city in China fell to communism

Answer 38

Nationalist

Question 39

Reshaped the economy and society of China. They did things like discourage Buddhism, Confucianism, and other traditional beliefs. They seized property and anyone who opposed them were put down

Answer 39

People's Republic of China

Question 40

Which forced those peasants to pool together their land and labor

Answer 40

Collectivization

Question 41

Mao's plan to create things on a superhuman level. It ended up failing because of what they ended up producing was low quality useless goods

Answer 41

Great Leap Forward

Question 42

Purged China of its bourgeois tendencies and urged young chinese to experience revolutions first hand (just like his generation)

Answer 42

Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Question 43

Capital/South Korea helped from nations like

Answer 43

America

Question 44

North Korea/Communiship/ help from nations like

Answer 44

China and Russia

Question 45

Is the latitude of the world map

Answer 45

38th parallel

Question 46

North Korea was communist and was controlled by a dictator

Answer 46

Kim II Sung

Question 47

In South Korea the Americans backed a dictator named

Answer 47

Syngman Rhee

Question 48

End of the war

Answer 48

Armistice

Question 49

Before ww2 the Cold War mainland Southeast Asia was conquered by

Answer 49

French during the 1800s

Question 50

Which are small groups of loosely organized soldiers who made sunrise raids

Answer 50

Guerrillas

Question 51

The French set out to take retake Indochina in 1946 but they faced guerrilla forces led by _____. Was communist and fought the Japanese, after which he fought the French in what is now known as the First Indochina war

Answer 51

Ho Chi Minh

Question 52

The bloodiest battles in the 1954 and convinced the French to leave Vietnam

Answer 52

First Indochina War was in Dien Phu

Question 53

Became divided and was also split during the Cold War

Answer 53

Vietnam

Question 54

Was controlled by Ho Chi Minh and his Communist forces (help from the China, Russia, North Korea)

Answer 54

North Vietnam

Question 55

Was controlled by Ngo Dinh Diem and supported by the United States

Answer 55

South Vietnam

Question 56

Is the view that a community victory in south Vietnam could cause non communist governments to grow across Southeast Asia

Answer 56

Domino Theory

Question 57

Which are communist rebels trying to overthrow south Vietnam's government

Answer 57

National Liberation Front-the Viet Cong

Question 58

On August 1, 1964 South Vietnamese commandos conduced raids on north Vietnamese islands in the

Answer 58

Gulf of Tonkin

Question 59

Thus resolution allowed for the United States to take all necessary measure to prevent further aggression on south Vietnam. After this resolution the United States started to bomb parts of north Vietnam and sent over 500,000 American troops to fighting against the north Vietnamese

Answer 59

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on August 7, 1964

Question 60

Was a random lottery of your name from a list to be picked

Answer 60

Draft

Question 61

Was a turning point in American society about involvement in Vietnam

Answer 61

Tet Offensive

Question 62

The odor of American troops increased anti war sentiment in America. American troops during this time were either killed,

Answer 62

Prisoners of wars or missing in action

Question 63

Did not run for a second term and started to open talks with the north Vietnam

Answer 63

President Lyndon Johnson

Question 64

Decided to fully terminate america's involvement in Vietnam I. 1973 I'm the Paris a peace accord. Two years after this north Vietnam conquered south Vietnam

Answer 64

President Richard Nixon

Question 65

The global conflict between the two armed nations lasted for ________. But the year 1990 the struggle had finally ended, eight having any nuclear war

Answer 65

Half a century

Question 66

Changed the economy in Russia to focus on consumer good rather than heavy industry, while still keeping the command economy

Answer 66

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 67

The soviets were the first to launch a person into space and have the first satellite on earth (_______) they still faded sever economic problems at home

Answer 67

Sputnik I

Question 68

Supported the afghan government that was trying to modernize the nation of Afghanistan

Answer 68

Soviet Union

Question 69

Came to power when the Soviet Union was suffering from a bad economy and was in a prolonged war in Afghanistan. Wanted to create new reforms and avoid Cold War confrontations. He did this by signing arms control treaties with the United States and pulled out troops of from Afghanistan

Answer 69

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 70

Openness

Answer 70

Glasnost

Question 71

Reform of government and economy

Answer 71

Perestroika

Question 72

Gained their independence in 1990 they were being controlled by Russia since 1940 during ww2

Answer 72

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Question 73

Organized an independent labor union called

Answer 73

Solidarity

Question 74

Led Soviet Union in 1980

Answer 74

Lech Walesa

Question 75

Writer and human rights activist was elected president

Answer 75

Vaclav Havel

Question 76

Were opened and the country started down a road of reunification

Answer 76

Berlin Wall

Question 77

Romania's longtime leader refused to step down and was overthrown and executed

Answer 77

Nicolae Ceausescu

Question 78

Battles had rated until his forces swept through China gaining complete control of the country

Answer 78

Mao's

Question 79

How did Mao control China?

Answer 79

By winning support of the huge chinese peasant class. Communists redistributed land to the poor peasant while ending oppression by landlords. Widespread support for communists soon ensured with the hope that a new China would be built and there would be an end to foreign domination

Question 80

Through tough fighting the Chinese helped pushed the _________ back (Down south) to the 38th parallel

Answer 80

United Nations

Question 81

Ho Chi Minh during this time was pushing to unify ______ under his power and communist control

Answer 81

Vietnam

Question 82

At first America only sent supplies to aid ________ but after a while we started to send in thousands of troops (crating major Cold War conflict)

Answer 82

South Vietnam

Question 83

Tended to be local peasants so they knew the area better than the Americans and knew the local people better than Americans

Answer 83

Guerrillas

Question 84

In 1968 guerrilla forces came out of the jungle and attacked ______ and _____ forces in cities all across the south

Answer 84

America and South Vietnamese

Question 85

Are muslims religious warriors that used mountains of Afghanistan for protection

Answer 85

Mujaheddin

Question 86

Led the way in the new surge of resistance that shattered the soviet satellite empire

Answer 86

Poland

Question 87

In 1950s one of the focal points of the Cold War tensions was in

Answer 87

Berlin, Germany

Question 88

Why did they build the Berlin Wall?

Answer 88

There was massive exodus (people leaving) because low-paid eastern Germans who were unhappy who were fleeing into West Berlin

Question 89

By 1949 the Soviet Union (Russia) developed what

Answer 89

Nuclear Weapons

Question 90

Supported an attempt by U.S. Trained Cuban exile to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro

Answer 90

John F. Kennedy

Question 91

Their main aim was to spread it communist command economy to other countries and to be able to control other countries economies but also their political power

Answer 91

Soviet Union