Cold War Quiz

1. Cold War Quiz • Define “Cold War” • Define Communism • Define Capitalism • What is the United Nations? • What was the “Arms Race”? • What was the “Space Race”? • What was “Containment”? • What was “Brinkmanship”? 8. What was the “Warsaw Pact”? 9. What foreign country supported North Korea in the Korean War? 10. Who built the Berlin Wall? 11. Who won the Vietnam War? 12. What is “Détente”? 13. What is “Perestroika”? 14. How did the Cold War end? 15. Name two countries that are still Communist today

2. Unit 6 Unit 6 The World Since 1945 The Cold War Ch. 17/1 Ch. 19/3 Middle East Ch. 18/4 African De-Colonization Ch. 18/3 Ch. 19/2

4. Europe After the War • Increased US influence • Communism spreads • COLD WAR begins

5. The Cold War An ideologicalconflict between the United States and the Soviet Union in which neither nation directly confronted the other on the battlefield • Capitalism • Communism

6. United Nations, NATO and the Warsaw PactThe New Alliance System? • United Nations Replaces League of Nations • NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization • Military Alliance btwn US, other Western powers to protect against a Soviet attack • Warsaw Pact • military alliance btwn Soviet satellite nations to protect against Capitalist attack • Creates a “buffer zone”

7. Cold War in the 50’s and 60’s • Korea and Vietnam – Examples of Containment, Brinksmanship and Domino Effect • The Berlin Wall • Bay of Pigs • Cuban Missile Crisis • Space Race • Arms Race

8. Cold War in the 70’s and 80’s • Many reforms to limit nuclear weapons • Nixon & Reagan • Détente: A lessening of tensions • Mikhail Gorbachev – Soviet Premiere attempts political and economic reforms • Glasnost: “Openness” between US & USSR • Perestroika: Economic restructuring of Soviet system

9. End of the Cold War • European Union (EU) stimulates economic growth of participating countries • (the Euro) • Collapse of Communist gov’ts in Eastern Europe • Fall of Berlin Wall (1989) – the symbolic end to Cold War • Today? Russia? China? Cuba? Vietnam? Korea?

10. Problems in Newly Independent Countries After WW2 Africa, South America and Asia • Weak, corrupt governments • Militant Regimes • Poor economy • Land disputes • Cultural differences • All these problems lead to instability and conflict

11. Map of the Middle East

12. The Middle East – Israel/Palestine • Balfour Declaration – 1917 – Zionist Movement called for a Jewish Homeland • Read…. • Following WW2 Israel’s population doubled…Why? • Formation of Israel (1948) – split Palestine • Jews and Palestinians both have religious and historic ties to the region • Still a “hot spot” today

13. African De-Colonization • Many African nations gained their independence from European powers following World War 2 (see map) • Why do you think this is? • Problems facing these new countries?

14. African Independence • Decolonization – after 1946 • Third World Countries • the underdeveloped nations of the world, esp. those with widespread poverty. • the group of developing nations, esp. of Asia and Africa

15. Rwandan Genocide • Rwanda 1994 • Hutus v Tutsis • Indirectly caused by Imperialism • Cultural/Tribal clashes • 800,000 to 1,000,000 dead in three months • “Never again”?

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17. Post WW2 Map Quiz – 15 ptsIdentify the countries and color the COMMUNIST-based countries. 1 pt each – get both parts right!East Germany HungaryWest Germany YugoslaviaFrance BulgariaSpain CzechoslovakiaPoland GreeceFinland AustriaTurkey USSRItaly • EXTRA – Name the largest Communist country in the world today