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Cold War
Review
Trashketball
Rules of Trashketball1. Stay in your seats at all times.
2. The left side of the room vs. the right side of the room.
3. You will answer a question.
4. If you answer incorrectly, the other team gets an opportunity to steal.
5. If you answer correctly, you will get the opportunity to shoot the basketball into the trashcan from a point line.
6. If the shot is made, the team gets points.
7. If the shot is missed, the other team gets one point.
1
What is the direct
reason the Korean War
occurred?
Answer
North Korea invaded
South Korea
2
What is the indirect
reason the Korean War
occurred?
Answer
To stop the spread of
communism
3
Why was this era
deemed the “Cold
War”?
Answer
There was tension and
rivalry between the
United States and the
Soviet Union but no
fighting
What was the outcome
of the Yalta
Conference?
4
Answer
The “Big Three”
decided to divide
Germany into two
countries
What term describes this
definition: An economic
system where business is
privately owned and
money is used to make
more money.
5
Answer
Capitalism
What term describes
this definition: An
economic system where
people share work fairly
and paid equally.
6
Answer
Communism
What term describes a
political system in which
people rule themselves?
7
Answer
Democracy
What term describes a
political system in
which one person hold
all the power and
makes all decisions?
8
Answer
Dictatorship
9
What alliance did the
U.S. belong to during
the Cold War?
Answer
NATO
10
What alliance did the
U.S.S.R. belong to
during the Cold War?
Answer
Warsaw Pact
What is the Policy of
Containment?
11
Answer
President Truman’s
policy to stop the
spread of communism
What was the goal of
the Marshall Plan?
12
AnswerTo stop the spread of
communism by giving
aid to countries to
rebuild after WWII as
long as they were a
democracy.
13
What is the Theory of
Deterrence?
AnswerThe U.S. was able and
prepared to respond
to any Soviet nuclear
attack with an equally
destructive strike.
14
Complete the analogy:
Capitalism is to the
U.S. as
_______________ is to
the U.S.S.R?
Answer
Communism
15
What parallel
separated North Korea
from South Korea?
Answer
38th parallel
16
When North Korea
attacked South Korea in
1950, which county came
to the aid of the North?
Who was their leader?
Answer
China; Mao Zedong
17
What country came to
the aid of South Korea?
Who led the troops?
Answer
U.S.; General MacArthur
18
How did the Korean
War end?
Answer
Both countries signed
an armistice
(ceasefire) in 1953
19
Today, is Korea still
divided or has it been
united?
Answer
Divided
20
Deterrence is the
opposite of
___________
Answer
Appeasement
21
What were two things
President Kennedy did
in response to nuclear
missiles in Cuba?
Answer
Demanded missiles be
removed, naval
blockade around
Cuba, place nuclear
missiles in Turkey
22
Who was the leader of
Cuba during the missile
crisis?
Answer
Castro
23
Who was the leader of
the Soviet Union during
the missile crisis in
Cuba?
Answer
Khrushchev
24
Why was the Cuban
Missile Crisis
considered a “crisis”?
Answer
Because it did not
escalate to war; it ended
with the Soviets
removing their missiles
from Cuba
25
Why did the U.S. get
involved in the Vietnam
War?
Answer
Domino Theory; to stop
the spread of
communism
26
What leader rose to
power in Vietnam in
1950?
Answer
Ho Chi Minh
27
What nations allied
themselves with North
Vietnam during the
conflict?
Answer
U.S.S.R. and China
28
What is
Vietnamization?
Answer
The gradual removal of
U.S. troops from the
conflict in Vietnam.
29
How did the conflict
end in Vietnam?
Answer
Ceasefire
30
What does Vietnam
look like today?
Answer
It is a united communist
nation
31
After WWII, factories
switched from
producing _________
to ________
Answer
War goods to
consumer goods
32
Most people bought
consumer goods (like
televisions) with
______________
Answer
Credit
33
What contributed to the
expansion of the
suburbs?
Answer
Interstates highway system
34
How did Senator
Joseph McCarthy gain
national attention, what
did he do?
Answer
He claimed that many government employees
were communists
35
What was the purpose
of the G.I. Bill?
Answer
Improvements in healthcare, education,
specialized training and unemployment
36
Describe three results
of the Baby Boom
Answer
Population increase,
higher incomes, better
healthcare
37
What was the symbol
of the division in
Europe and divided
Germany?
Answer
The Berlin Wall
38
When did the Berlin
Wall fall? What country
did this reunite?
Answer
1989; Germany
39
What happened to the
Soviet Union at the end
of the Cold War?
Answer
The Soviet Union broke apart and became more
democratic
40
When the Soviet Union
collapsed, what country
was left as the sole
superpower?
Answer
The United States
