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The Cold War
Cold War Unit
55
History
10th Grade
04/30/2009

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What part of Korea ways democratic and which part had communism during the cold war?
Definition
North=communism
South=democratic
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How was Korea Divided in the cold war?
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North and South
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Who controlled the north, communist part of Korea during the cold war?
Definition
The Soviets
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When did north Korea invade South Korea and why?
Definition
1950, wanted to unify Korea under a communist government.
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Who supported South Korea during the cold war?
Definition
The US and the United Nations
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What caused China to become involved with the Cold War?
Definition
The US pushed North Koreans into china.
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Who won the cold war?
Definition
Nobody won, they ended up where they started. (somewhat of a victory for the US because they were able to stop the communism from spreading)
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What splits Korea in two dividing the north and south?
Definition
the 38th parallel
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Who was the leader of South Vietnam during the cold war?
Definition
Ngo Dinh Diem
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Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the cold war?
Definition
Ho Chi Minh
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In 1956, in Vietnam what were elections held for?
Definition
unifying Vietnam
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What did the US fear would happen if the elections to unify vietnam happaned?
Definition
That the communists would gain control.
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What was the group supported by Ho Chi Minh who began to strikem out at south vietnam?
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The Viet Cong communist rebels.
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What did america do to stop communists in vietnam?
Definition
sent large numbers of troops to vietnam.
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What was the fear that if vietnam became communists all the other countries would as well.
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Domino Theory
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Who was the president during the cold war who pulled US troops out of Vietnam and ordered a cease of fire.
Definition
President Nixon
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Who won the vietnam (communists or democrates)?
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communism
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In 1952 who took control of the Caban government?
Definition
Fulgencio Batista
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What was Fulgencio Batista's government like? (cuba)
Definition
Corrupt and Repressive
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Who organized a guerrilla army to fight Batista?(cuba)
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Fidel Castro
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Was Fidel Castro(cuba) a communist or democrate?
Definition
communism
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Who in cuba becomes a dictator in 1959?
Definition
Fidel Castro
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Who does Cuba allie with when castro is in power?
Definition
Soviet Union
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What was the Bay of Pigs?
Definition
When Cuba recieved aid from the soviet union which was a direct threat to the US and helped cuban nationalists to overthrow Castro. (doesn't work)
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What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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When the soviets build a missile base in Cuba in 1962.
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What did the US do in response to the missile base in Cuba?
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They made a blockade from the island and demanded the removal of missiles.
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What is the lessening of tensions between the US and the Soviets called at the end of the Cold War?
Definition
Detente
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What does SALT stand for and what did they do?
Definition
Strategic Arms Limitations Talks, they began to reduce the number of nuclear weapons after the cold war.
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What caused the soviet economy to fail after the cold war?
Definition
To much money spent on defense and nuclear weapons.
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When did the Soviets invade Afghanistan?
Definition
1979
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Who fought the Soviets in Afghanistan who were given supplies and military training by the US?
Definition
The Majahideen Afghani Rebels
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What did the Soviets do in response to Reagan's Star Wars Program?
Definition
Build up their weapons.
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What was Star Wars? (and heres a clue it's not the movie)
Definition
A defense system plan to stop nuclear attacks.
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Who was Gorbachev and what did he want to do?
Definition
A young conservative with new ideas for the soviet union. Wanted to encourage social and economic chages.
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What was Glastnost?
Definition
Gorbachev;s policy of "openess" plan that promoted free flow of ideas and information. (Soviet Union)
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What was Perestroika?
Definition
Gobachev's economic restruction plan that aimed to reform the central planning process of communism by allowing capitalists small private buisnesses and free enterprise.
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What is Democratization?
Definition
The process of adding free elections and a representative government.
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Who was Lech Walesa and what was Solidarity?
Definition
Leader of polish shipping trade year that turned anti-communist calling for political changes.
Workers walked off their jobs and led to free elections in Poland.
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What happens to germany in 1989
Definition
Communism falls in east germany and it is unified and promises the world that they are dedicated to democracy and peace.
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Who was Boris Yeltsin
Definition
New president of soviet union after people decided they hated Gorbachev's reforms. He demanded a constitutional state.
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What was the Arms Race?
Definition
The race between the US and the Soviets to build up their weapons during the cold war.
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What is Nuclear Proliferation?
Definition
When countries compete the build the biggest and most destructive weapons.
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At the height of the cold war the US and Soviets had enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world over how many times?
Definition
14 times
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What was the first satellite sent up to orbit the earth and by whom?
Definition
Spudnik, the Soviet Union
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What did the US do in response to the Soviets satellite spudnik?
Definition
They created NASA. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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What was the event that started the Cold War?
Definition
The Berlin Airlift
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What did stalin do to west berlin to force them to become allies?
Definition
block of all land routes into Berlin.(no food)
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What did the US do in response to stalin blocking the roads to west berlin?
Definition
The US showed it's support for democracy and Germany by flting supplies in west berlin for 11 months until the soviets gave up and ended the blockade.
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What was the Iron Curtain?
Definition
The imaginary line that divided east and west europe.
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Which part of europe was democracy and which supported communism and which part did Stalin support?
Definition
West=democracy (US supported)
East=communism (Stalin supported)
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What is containment and how is it accomplished?
Definition
A policy of blocking the spread of Soviet influence and communism in the world. Done by making allies with countries to help them resist the soviets. Also a policy of cnatainment.
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What was the Truman Doctrine?
Definition
The US pledges to resist Soviet expansion. Part of the containment policy.
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What was the Marshall plan?
Definition
The 1947 massive economic aid to help rebuild democratic countries in Europe.
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What was the Yalta Conference and who met there?
Definition
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin deicided the fate of Europe and how to divide it. (east and west)
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What was the United Nation
Definition
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