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The Cold War: Alliances, Conflicts, and the Fall of the USSR

Explore the events, alliances, and leaders that defined the Cold War era, from NATO and the Warsaw Pact to the Berlin Wall and the end of the USSR. Learn about key concepts like containment, detente, and the arms race.

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The Cold War: Alliances, Conflicts, and the Fall of the USSR

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  1. Final Jeopardy Jeopardy The Cold War Turns Hot The End of the Cold War Potpourri Cold War II The Cold War $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

  2. Q: Alliance formed to stop the spread of communism? $100 The Cold War

  3. R: $100 The Cold War NATO

  4. Q: Name 2 things families would typically see or hear on tv during the cold war era? $200 The Cold War

  5. R: $200 The Cold War “Duck and cover” Bert the turtle

  6. Q: The Purpose of Marshal’s Plan objective was to build up European countries economy so they…. $300 The Cold War

  7. R: $300 The Cold War Wouldn’t be susceptible to Communism. Or Could fight off Communism themselves

  8. Q: Truman Doctrine was 1st used in Greece and Turkey because? $400 The Cold War

  9. R: $400 The Cold War There was a direct threat of Communism taking over there. Stalin wanted the Dardanelles Strait.

  10. $500 The Cold War Q: What was the 1st Conflict of the Cold War the western allies faced?

  11. $500 The Cold War R: Berlin Blockade

  12. Q: $100 Cold War II What was the name of the alliance set up by the Soviet Union and their Eastern European allies?

  13. R: Warsaw Pact $100 Cold War II

  14. Q: $200 Cold War II What did Churchill call the division of Europe between Communist and non-Communist countries?

  15. R: $200 Cold War II Iron Curtain

  16. Q: $300 Cold War II What was the purpose of the Berlin Blockade? AND Was it successful? explain

  17. R: $300 Cold War II Purpose: To starve W. Berlin so that they would give up and the SU could control all of Berlin. Successful???: NO bc of the Berlin Airlift where we sent 12,500 tons of supplies daily

  18. Q: $400 Cold War II Who were the “Big 3” at the Potsdam conference and what threat was made?

  19. R: $400 Cold War II Truman, Attlee(who replaced Churchill) and Stalin Truman threatened Stalin with a very powerful weapon (the atomic bomb)

  20. $500 Cold War II Q: Name 4 events that escalated the Cold War

  21. $500 Cold War II The Manhattan Project Satellite Nations Dropping the bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima Check Point Charlie The Berlin Blockade the Berlin Wall R:

  22. Q: $100 Manhattan Project What was the name of the atomic bomb that was first tested on US soil?

  23. R: $100 Manhattan Project Trinity

  24. Q: $200 Manhattan Project Who developed the atomic bomb?

  25. R: $200 The Cold War Turns Hot Julius Robert Oppenheimer

  26. Q: $300 Manhattan Project Name the bomb dropped on Hiroshima and the one dropped on Nagasaki:

  27. R: $300 Manhattan Project Hiroshima- Little Boy Nagasaki – Fat Man

  28. Q: $100 The End of the Cold War What was Detente?

  29. R: $100 The End of the Cold War An international agreement to ease tensions b/t the two superpowers in the 1970s

  30. Q: $200 The End of the Cold War Who changed the social and economic reforms in Russia, leading to the end of the USSR and Berlin Wall?

  31. R: $200 The End of the Cold War Gorbachav

  32. Q: When did the USSR fall? $300 The End of the Cold War

  33. R: $300 The End of the Cold War 1991

  34. Q: Why did NATO form and what was its’ purpose? $400 The End of the Cold War

  35. Why? Because the UN due to permanent members having veto power, they were unable to get involved. Purpose: To protect Western Europe from the Soviet Union $400 The End of the Cold War

  36. $500 The End of the Cold War Q: Who said the following and who was he saying it to? “Mr. ______________, tear down that wall!”

  37. $500 The End of the Cold War Who said it: Ronald Reagan He said it to Gorbachev.

  38. Q: Why was the Berlin Wall built in 1961? $100 mix

  39. $100 mix R: The blockade failed and economy declining due to so many East Germans fleeing to W. Berlin.

  40. $200 • What was the goal of the U.S. throughout the Cold War?

  41. $200 mix • Stop the spread of Communism. = Containment – Truman Doctrine

  42. $300 mix • Besides spreading Communism, what was the other goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

  43. $300 mix • Create a buffer zone of friendly (Communist) countries in Eastern Europe to make it harder for any country to invade.

  44. $400 mix Name 3 big differences between Capitalism and communism.

  45. $400 • Look at notes

  46. $500 Who said the following and explain what it means: “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.”

  47. How much? Daily Double

  48. Q: Describe a key difference between the leadership of Stalin, Khrushchev, and Gorbachev

  49. A: Stalin- Secret Police, Power hungry dictator, wanted to spread communism, extreme censorship • Krushchev: destalinization, continued maintaining wall • Gorbachev: Tore down wall, more democratic tendencies

  50. Final Jeopardy • The Spokes person gets to make up any question they want. • Tell them the subject and give each team time to make • a wager…$0-$ what they have so far.

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