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2. The Cold War Escalates The Cold War Begins The Cold War Ends China Korea Vietnam 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

3. The Cold War Begins100 The Yalta Conference What was the name of the conference at which the Soviets were given control of Eastern Europe?

4. The Cold War Begins200 Truman Doctrine Which document established the policy of containment?

5. The Cold War Begins300 A policy to prevent the expansion of communism. What is the US policy of containment?

6. The Cold War BeginsBonus - 150 Democracy and free enterprise system vs. Dictatorship and communism. What was the political and economic rivalry between the US and USSR?

7. The Cold War Begins400 Iron Curtain What was the name of the barrier that divided the Soviets and their satellite nations from the West?

8. The Cold War Begins500 To keep Westerners from coming in to “poison” the minds of Soviet citizens. To keep Soviet citizens from leaving and sharing Soviet secrets. What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall (2)?

9. The Cold War Escalates100 Cuba In which country did the Soviet union set up missile sites?

10. The Cold War EscalatesBonus - 50 Fidel Castro Who was the communist leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

11. The Cold War Escalates200 Kennedy and Khrushchev Who were the two leaders “playing chicken” during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

12. The Cold War Escalates300 The idea that building up a country’s arsenal will deter other countries from attacking it. What is the theory of deterrence?

13. The Cold War Escalates400 Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) Based on the theory of deterrence, why would the superpowers refrain from attacking each other?

14. The Cold War Escalates500 Khrushchev’s position as Soviet leader weakened and his career never recovered. Castro’s position as Cuban leader strengthened. World saw how close we came to nuclear war. Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis significant (3)?

15. The Cold War Ends100 An easing of tension in a strained relationship. When Gorbachev eased up on many of the restrictive policies of his predecessors, improving relationships with the US. Define “détente.” When did we have one?

16. The Cold War Ends200 Wall fell November 9, 1989 and Germany was reunified. This was the start of the end of the USSR. What is the significance of the fall of the Berlin Wall?

17. The Cold War Ends300 It was the first satellite in space, sent up by the Soviets. Began the space race. What is the significance of Sputnik?

18. The Cold War Ends400 Perestroika – A “restructuring” of the government to make it more “people-friendly.” Returned many of the freedoms they had lost under previous leaders, such as speech and religion. Glasnost – An “openness” and increased transparency of government to reduce corruption and abuse of power. What was Perestroika and Glasnost?

19. The Cold War EndsBonus - 200 Warsaw Pact dissolved. NATO restructured and expanded with a focus on nuclear disarmament. What happened to the Warsaw Pact after the fall of the Soviet Union? What happened to NATO?

20. The Cold War Ends500 The international community praised Gorbachev’s reforms. Relations improved with the United States and he and President Reagan even signed several arms-reduction agreements. In 1989 Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan. However, at home Gorbachev’s programs were slow to take effect and sometimes caused hardship. Perestroika made more consumer goods available, but there were still shortages of basic necessities. Did Perestroika and Glasnost work for Gorbachev? Why and why not?

21. The Cold War EndsBonus - 250 Khrushchev Brezhnev Andropov Chernenko Gorbachev Who were the last five presidents of the USSR? Name them in order!

22. China100 Taiwan After a brutal civil war, where did Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) set up the Nationalist Party?

23. China200 Mao Zedong Who led the Communist Party in China after WWII?

24. ChinaBonus - 100 Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) Who led the Nationalist Party in China after WWII?

25. China300 Deng Xiaoping Who reformed Communist China’s economy to a market economy, leading to rapid economic growth?

26. China400 As China continued to modernize and interact with the West, some were encouraged to speak out for democracy. In 1989 hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators occupied Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Thousands of students staged a hunger strike and ignored government orders to leave. Tanks and armed troops began to move toward Tiananmen Square opening fire on the protesters. Hundreds were killed and thousands wounded. What was the Tiananmen Square Massacre?

27. China500 It stunned the West and many Western nations and international agencies began to cut back on loans to China. Tourism halted. To replace this lost income, China turned over control of thousands of failing state-controlled businesses to private owners. What was the significance of the Tiananmen Square Massacre?

28. Korea100 38th Parallel At which line was Korea divided?

29. KoreaBonus - 50 1950-1953 What are the years of the Korean War?

30. Korea200 Kim Sung Who led North Korea during the Korean War?

31. Korea300 Syngman Rhee Who led South Korea during the Korean War?

32. Korea400 They provided North Korea with troops to push back US and South Korean troops. What was China’s role in the Korean War?

33. Korea500 The condemned the attack and called on member nations (US) to send in troops. How did the UN respond to North Korea’s invasion of South Korea?

34. vietnam100 France Which country colonized most of Indochina?

35. vietnamBonus - 50 North Vietnam – Hanoi South Vietnam - Saigon What are the names of the two competing capitals of North and South Vietnam?

36. vietnam200 Viet Minh What was the name of the Communist controlled Vietnamese nationalist party founded in 1941?

37. vietnamBonus - 100 Ho Chi Minh Who led the Viet Minh’s Independent Republic of Vietnam?

38. vietnam300 Cease-fire between the Viet Minh and France Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam were granted independence What were the terms of the Geneva Accords of 1954?

39. vietnamBonus - 150 National Liberation Front (NLF), aka Viet Cong What was the name of the group that began open warfare in South Vietnam?

40. vietnam400 Fit led to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which authorized President Johnson to use military force in Southeast Asia, without formal declaration of war by Congress. What is the significance of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?

41. vietnam500 After signing the Geneva Accords with France in 1954, Vietnam was divided into two countries; North was communist and South was not. In an attempt to unify the country, the Viet Cong violently took control of the government in South Vietnam. The United States feared the spread of communism and did not want Vietnam to turn communist. So they helped the South Vietnamese fight off the North. Explain why the United States got involved in the conflict in Vietnam. Be specific.

42. vietnamBonus - 250 American troops left in 1973 and fighting continued until 1975, when Hanoi finally captured Saigon. Vietnam was unified as a communist country. When and how did the Vietnam War end?