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0
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What lands did the Soviet Union get from the yalta conference?

A

Eastern Europe

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What was the yalta conference?

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The decision to divide Germany into four zones.

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2
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What two nations were superpowers after World War II?

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USA and Soviet Union

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The competition of what two economic systems produced the Cold War. What economy did the USSR have?

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Communist and capitalism.

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4
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What peacekeeping organization was established following WWII

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United Nations

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5
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The offering of American aid to the European nations after WWII was known as what plan?

A

Marshall Plan

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6
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What two military alliances formed as a result of the Cold War?

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NATO and the Warsaw Pact

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7
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Who was in NATO?

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Western Europe USA and Canada

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Who was in the Warsaw Pact?

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Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

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9
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Who made the iron curtain speech?

A

Winston Churchill

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10
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What was the Berlin airlift?

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When Berlin dropped aid for people

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What did the policy of containment mean?

A

Stopping something from spreading to the USA

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12
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What two sides fought in the Chinese civil war?

A

Communist and nationalist

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13
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Which side did the Soviet Union support in the Chinese civil war?

A

Communist

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14
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Who led the communist revolution in china?

A

Mao Zedong

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15
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Who won the Chinese civil war?

A

Communist

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16
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Where were losers of the Chinese civil war forced to flee to?

A

Taiwan

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17
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When was the Korean War?

A

1950- 1953

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18
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What nations helped North Korea by providing it with soldiers in the Korean War?

A

China

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19
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What event started the Korean War?

A

When the north invaded the south

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20
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what American policy was used to justify the US aiding South Korea in the Korean War?

A

Containment

21
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Who won the Korea war?

A

Nobody/Stalemate

22
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What happened to Korea after the Korean War?

A

They became permanently split.

23
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What was the American motivation for entering both the Korean and Vietnamese wars?

A

Containment

24
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What was the domino theory?

A

The idea that when one country fell, the rest would fall too.

25
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In 1954 France lost control of Vietnam what happened to the nation as a result of the peace treaty that followed.

A

They split.

26
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When was the Vietnamese conflict?

A

1960-1970s

27
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Who was the leader of the Communist North Vietnam

A

Ho chi men

28
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Why did the South Vietnamese government lose popularity in the years leading up to the Vietnam War?

A

Because they had a dictator.

29
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Who was the corrupt nationalist leader in South Vietnam?

A

Ngo Dinh diem

30
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Why did the Americans get involved in Vietnam conflict?

A

Containment

31
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What was the gulf of Tonkin resolution?

A

Sent American troops to Vietnam

32
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What was Vietnamization?

A

Giving control to the south.

33
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What president was responsible for withdrawing US troops from vietnam?

A

Richard Nixon

34
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After the US took its troops out of Vietnam what happened to the country?

A

They collapsed/ fell to communist

35
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What is Vietnam like today?

A

They are reunited but still under communist.

36
Q

Who became the leader of Cuba in 1959?

A

Fidel Castro.

37
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Who was the president of the US during the bay of pigs invasion?

A

John F Kennedy

38
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What nations began building missile sites on Cuba?

A

Russia and Soviet Union

39
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Why did the East Germans build a wall in Berlin in 1961?

A

To separate themselves from west Germany

40
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How did the Cold War end?

A

When the Berlin Wall fell.

41
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What American and Soviet leaders are given the credit for ending the Cold War?

A

Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan

42
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Glasnost and perestroika mean what?

A

Restructuring and openness

43
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Who was the leader of the USSR during the collapse of the union?

A

Gorbachev.

44
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How did nationalism in the Warsaw Pact countries play a role in the collapse of the USSR?

A

Started breaking away from the Soviet Union.

45
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Why was the Berlin Wall torn down?

A

East Germans wanted their freedom.

46
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What happened to the former soviet satellites?

A

They became independent.

47
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When the Cold War ended what expanded its membership?

A

NATO

48
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What new nations joined NATO?

A

West Germany

49
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Who was Margaret thatcher?

A

First women prime minister of England.

50
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Who is Indira ghandi?

A

The First Lady prime minister of India

51
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Who is deng xiaoping?

A

Politician

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