Brrr… Get ready for Cold War BINGO

1. Brrr…Get ready for Cold War BINGO You’ve got a BINGO when you have either “X”ed out OR framed out your grid!!! Feel free to take notes while we play!!!

2. Test Overview • What? The Cold War • When? Scantron test tomorrow!!! • Why? To assess your knowledge and understanding of Cold War people & concepts • How? 2 parts • 1st: a 65 question scantron test • 2nd: a written test consisting of short answers and an essay!!!!

3. Cold War Background • What was the military alliance led by the United States? (the largest, not CENTO or SEATO) • NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

4. What was the military alliance led by the former Soviet Union? • The Warsaw Pact

5. What was the massive concrete barrier which became a major Cold War symbol? • The Berlin Wall

6. What were the U.S. and U.S.S.R. known as during the Cold War due to their military domination/ might? Superpowers!!!!

7. What is the term to describe the period of great tension & hostility between Communist nations and the “free world”? • Cold War

8. Great Britain FREE East Germany COMMUNIST West Germany FREE France FREE Romania COMMUNIST Poland COMMUNIST Spain FREE Italy FREE Communist or Free during the Cold War?

9. A Cold War: Who’s Who • Communist leader of Cuba for decades – U.S. attempted to overthrow him (Bay of Pigs) invasion • Fidel Castro • Father of Communism in the former Soviet Union • Vladimir Lenin • Led the Communist Revolution in China • Mao Zedong

10. A Cold War: Who’s Who… (con’t.) • Opposed Mao Zedong - fled to Taiwan • Chiang Kai-shek • A Indochinese Nationalist who became a communist leader of Vietnam • Ho Chi Minh

11. Time out !!!!!!!!!!!!!! • Identify the following key figures of the Cold War Era:

12. More faces from The Cold War… • See if you can guess these individuals:

13. Russian/Soviet/Russian History… • Which answer is correct? • One cause of the March Revolution was anger about… • Overthrow of the Provisional Government. • Shortage of food and supplies. • Signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. • Signing of the Treaty of Versailles. • ANSWER: Shortage of food & supplies!!!

14. The Bolshevik Revolution differed from the March Revolution because it… • Succeeded in removing the czar from power. • Was planned by a small, well-disciplined group of leaders. • Gained the support of the czar’s troops and the White Army. • Ended quickly. • ANSWER: was planned by a small, well-disciplined group of leaders (under Lenin.)

15. What other name is the Russian Revolution known as? • Czarist • Decembrist • Bolshevik • Smirnoff • Great Purge • Answer: Bolshevik

16. After Lenin’s death, a power struggle erupted between which two men? • Marx and Trotsky • Trotsky and Stalin • Marx and Stalin • Stalin and Khruschev • ANSWER: Trotsky and Stalin

17. Who wrote The Betrayed Revolution? • Lenin • Trotsky • Stalin • Khruschev • ANSWER: Leon Trotsky

18. In order to meet his economic goals,Stalin: • Increased trade with the U.S. and Western Europe. • Extended Lenin’s New Economic Policy • Outlawed forced labor • Modernized industry and collectivized agriculture • ANSWER: Modernized industry & collectivized agriculture – new symbol was the tractor

19. Which of the following is associated with Joseph Stalin? • Free enterprise • Perestroika • Glasnost • Purge • ANSWER: Purge

20. Both the czars and the Communist party attempted to • Force all citizens to adopt the Russian language and culture. • Encourage nationalism among various ethnic groups. • Make the Russian Orthodox Church the official church of the nation. • Make sure that non-Russians held important jobs. • ANSWER: Russification – adopt Russian language/ culture

21. A major reason that consumer goods were often in short supply during the 1970s and 1980s was because the • Demand for goods dropped as the population increased. • Government put so much emphasis on military spending. • Trade agreements were often not honored by foreign countries. • Black market bought up most of the available goods. • ANSWER: USSR shortages common due to extensive military spending.

22. Unhappy with Soviet rule, nationalists in many republics demanded __________. • Bureaucracy • Perestroika • Glasnost • Autonomy • ANSWER: autonomy

23. Under the policy of _________, people began to speak out openly. • Bureaucracy • Perestroika • Glasnost • Autonomy • ANSWER: Glasnost

24. The coup against Gorbachev was an attempt by • Communist party conservatives to stop reform. • Russian nationalists to make Russia independent of the USSR. • Democratic reformers to end Gorbachev’s dictatorship. • Supporters of Yeltsin to place him in command. • ANSWER: Communist party conservatives to stop reforms

25. Which is an accurate statement about relations between the former Soviet republics and the rest of the world? • The U.S. purchased most of the nuclear weapons in Russia and the Ukraine. • The republics isolated themselves from the world in order to become self-sufficient. • Western powers offered limited aid and technical advice to the republics. • The republics lost all influence in the UN. • ANSWER: Western powers offered limited aid.

26. The Cold War in Asia… • Communists used __________ to glorify Mao Zedong. • Propaganda • Totalitarian state • Capitalism • Collective farms • Communes • ANSWER: propaganda

27. In the early 1950s, Mao set up ______ in which peasants pooled their land and resources. • Propaganda • Totalitarian state • Capitalism • Collective farms • Communes • ANSWER: collective farms

28. In a __________, the government controls all aspects of peoples lives. • Propaganda • Totalitarian state • Capitalism • Collective farms • Communes • ANSWER: totalitarian state

29. Chinese __________ included several villages and thousands of people. • Propaganda. • Totalitarian state • Capitalism • Collective farms • Communes • ANSWER: communes

30. To the Chinese communist, ________ was a corrupt and dangerous principle. • Propaganda. • Totalitarian state. • Capitalism. • Collective farms. • Communes. • ANSWER: Capitalism

31. In the 1950s, relations between China and the Soviet Union grew tense because: • China supported the U.S. in the Cold War. • The Soviet Union invaded North Korea. • Mao Zedong refused to send aid to Stalin. • Both nations were competing for power in Third World Nations. • ANSWR: Both nations were competing for power in the 3rd World.

32. The “Beijing Massacre” (Tiananmen Square) showed that: • Many Chinese supported the goals of the communist revolution. • The government was determined to stay in power. • Mao’s economic reforms were hurting peasants. • The pro-democracy movement was willing to resort to violence. • ANSWER: The government was determined to stay in power!!!!!!!

33. North Korea and South Korea are divided today at this parallel: • 21st • 30th • 38th • 76th • ANSWER: 38th

34. Concerning the Koreas, is it North or South? • Seoul? • South Korean capital • Pyongyang? • North Korean capital • Communist • North Korea • Working on nuclear capabilities • North Korea

35. Cold War Chronology:Vietnam War, Korean War, Chinese Communist Revolution, Gorbachev comes to power, Berlin Wall falls • Which of the above happened first? • Chinese Communist Revolution • What event happened second? • Korean War • Which event was the most recent? • Fall of the Berlin Wall

36. Tomorrow Test: • Scantron, bring a pencil! • Review your whole entire packet! • A map of Asia will be featured: • China • Japan • Taiwan • North Korea • South Korea • Hong Kong • Vietnam