cold war review Flashcards
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Soviets take control 2
Take control of eastern Europe forced communist!
Soviets take control 1
Starts end of ww11
Warsaw pact
Ussr, east Germany, Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech
NATO
U.s., u.k., France, Italy, west Germany
NATO stands for…
North Atlantic treaty organization
Russia and the u.s. both want to..
Spread their idea.
What is the cold war?
A war on ways to rule a country
What does the Berlin wall do?
Divides east and west Germany
When did they take down the Berlin wall?
1989
The Berlin wall was known as the..
Iron curtain
What is the iron curtain?
The metaphoric separation of the countries and the Berlin wall physicalized it.
Who starts the Russian revolution?
Lennon
When did the Russian revolution start?
1917
What is mutually assured destruction?
Race to build nuclear weapons
When was the mutually assured destruction?
1950-1988
What did it mean by mutually assured destruction?
Both countries positive they will destroy another.
What is true polish solidarity?
Resistance in Poland
What is the Prague spring?
Chezcslavakia revolution
Who was Gorbachev?
Last leader of the soviet union
Who was Gorbachev good friends with?
President reagan
What were Russians feelings toward Gorbachev?
They hated him.
Who were the big 3?
Stalin (Ussr)
Churchill (uk)
FDR (us)
Who was the Berlin axis?
Hitler (Germany)
Mussolini ( Italy)
Hirohito (Japan)
