Exam 2

Question 1

Joseph Stalin

Answer 1

Leader of communist USSR

During world war 2 and Cold War

Question 2

Yalta conference

Answer 2

USA, French, Great Britian talked about dividing up Berlin and Germany

Question 3

Buffer zone

Answer 3

Have to get through other countries before country was attacked

Question 4

Spheres of influence

Answer 4

Different influences and divisions of Berlin

Question 5

Division of Germany

Answer 5

Germany divided amongst different nations to help repair it so it doesn’t recreate another world war

Question 6

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Answer 6

Leader of USA during world war 2

Question 7

Winston Churchill

Answer 7

Leader of Great Britain during world war 2

Question 8

Demilitarization

Answer 8

Take away military

Question 9

Denazification

Answer 9

Getting rid of nazi government

Question 10

Harry s truman

Answer 10

Leader of USA after FDR … started containment policy

Question 11

Eastern Mediterranean

Answer 11

Group of countries that suffered majorly during the Second World War by nazis

Question 12

Bolshoi theater speech

Answer 12

Stalin speaks to fellow countrymen about being nationalistic

Question 13

George kennon

Answer 13

Expert on the USSR and was obsessed with it. Saw that Stalin was a threat to itself and came up with long telegram

Question 14

Long Telegram

Answer 14

Talked about the the deranged and aggressive behavior.

Question 15

Containment

Answer 15

Keeping communism in Russia

Question 16

Greek civil

Answer 16

Happened at the end of the Second World War. U.K. Got out of Greece. Started off the need for aid

Question 17

The Truman doctrine

Answer 17

Aid package to Greece that was unprecedented

Question 18

George Marshall

Answer 18

Secretary of State; toured Europe in 1947 ; and worried about the fallen state and USSR influence

Question 19

Marshall Plan

Answer 19

Provided economic aid to Europe in the forms of loans

Question 20

National Security Act of 1947

Answer 20

Defense ; now the security council, CIA. The aim was to build up the USA and build diplomacy

Question 21

National Security Council

Answer 21

Council that talks about the National Security of the state

Question 22

West Germany

Answer 22

European side of Germany

Question 23

Current unification of 1948

Answer 23

USA and EU unified their parts of Germany which made Stalin feel uncomfortable

Question 24

Berlin Airlift

Answer 24

USA dropping aid to those that were isolated in Berlin by the USSR

Question 25

NATO

Answer 25

Signed with the beginning of division of western and Eastern EU

Question 26

Warsaw Pact

Answer 26

USSR bribed countries to sign a pact to counter NATO

Question 27

Indonesia

Answer 27

Country in Asia that got caught in containment in the Cold War

Question 28

Korea

Answer 28

Divided by USA and USSR ideals. North is communist and south is capitalist

Question 29

French Indochina

Answer 29

Group of French speaking countries in Southeast Asia

Question 30

Jiang jieshi

Answer 30

Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928-1975. Part of Chinese nationalist party

Question 31

Chinese communist Party

Answer 31

Founding and ruling political party of the people's republic of china

Question 32

Mao Zedong

Answer 32

Communist leader of china

Question 33

Sino-Soviet Alliance

Answer 33

Treaty between china and USSR

Question 34

38th Parallel

Answer 34

Border with Korea. Separated North from South

Question 35

Syhngman Rhee

Answer 35

South Korean leader statesman, first president of South Korea

Question 36

Kim II Sung

Answer 36

Leader of communist northern Korea

Question 37

Pusan

Answer 37

Large scale battle between United Nations and North Korea . First engagements during the Korean War

Question 38

General Douglas mcarthur

Answer 38

American 5 star general and field Marshal of Philippine army. Chief of staff of the US army during the 1930's

Question 39

Rollback

Answer 39

Strategy of forcing change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime. It contrasts with containment

Question 40

NSC-68

Answer 40

58 page secret policy paper by the United Nations security council presented to president harry S Truman