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Areas Of Conflict And Competition Between The Superpowers In The Cold War Flashcards

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1
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Define humiliated

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Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride

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When did the Germans surrender in ww2

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May 1945

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Who were the Western allies

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USA, Britain and France

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4
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How many people emigrated from east to west during 1946 and 1961

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Over 3 million

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5
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What was the capital city

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Berlin

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What section was berlin located in

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The east

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What happened to Berlin in 1961

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The ussr ordered the blocking off of East Berlin from West Berlin

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Who was the president of America in 1961

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John Kennedy

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Who was the leader of the ussr in 1961

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Nikita khrushchev

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10
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Who took the lead in rocket technology

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Russia

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What are the two functions of a rocket

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Carry bombs across the world, could also carry people into outer space

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12
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When and who put the first satellite into space

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The soviet union in 1957

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What was the Nuclear arms race

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Was a competition in which two countries, the United States and the ussr tried to build up the most nuclear weapons during the cold war

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What did the arms race become known as

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MAD ( mutually assured destruction)

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Wht does MAD mean

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If one side attacked the other with nuclear weapons, then the other side would respond with a nuclear attack too

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What is Cuba

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An island off of the coast of America state or florida

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Describe general Batista

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Capitalist, oppressive and corrupt person

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What was Cuba regarded as innthe 1950s

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A playground of the rich who travelled there from the usa

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Describe ordinary cubans

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Poor and had few human rights

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What happened in 1959

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Cubans were very unhappy with the batista government and fought against it. The Revolutionaries, led by Fidel Castro and che Guevara, toppled the batista regime

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21
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Where did the rich Cubans go

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America

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What are some reforms Fidel introduced

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Land redistribution from the rich to the poor

Nationalization of american-owned businesses

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How did the usa respond to fidel

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They were alarmed

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What happened during the bay of pigs invasion

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The American government decided to try to overthrow Castro. An army of Cuban exiles trained by the US army invaded Cuba at the bay of pigs

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Who won the bay of pigs invasion

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Cuba

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What did the bay of pigs invasion encourage Cuba to do

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Led Castro to ask the Russians for help.

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How did the Russians help Cuba

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The Russian leader, khrushchev, offered economic aid and weapons to Cuba.

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What event led the world to be close to a nuclear world war

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The Cuban missile crisis

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What was the Cuban missile crisis

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Castro feared another armed attack on Cuba, and agreed to Russian military assistance

30
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Why did the Russians help Cuba in the Cuban missile crisis

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Khrushchev wanted to have the United States within their range of fire. This would reduce the risk of a potential attack on Russia

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Where did America have missile sites in Europe

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Turkey

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When did the ussr start building missile Installations in cuba

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1962

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How did America find out about the missile installations

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American spy ships photographed the construction sites in cuba

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How did the American government react to this

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Used its navy warships to blockage the seas around Cuba. Jfk demanded the removal of the soviet missile bases

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What decision did khrushchev and jfk come to

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Khrushchev would remove the missiles based in cuba, and in return the US guaranteed it would not attack Cuba

36
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When was the first dog sent into space

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1957

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What was the dog’s name

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Laika

38
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How did Laika’s mission help scientists

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Provided scientists with the first information on the behavior of of living creature in space.

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What happened to laika in space

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She died after a few hours in space from overheating and stress

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When was the first man sent into space

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1961

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Who was the first man in space

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The Russian astronaut, Yuri gagarin

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What was America’s goal in the space race

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Landing a man on the moon before the russians

43
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When was jkf president of america

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1961 until 1963

44
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Who were the three astronauts to make it to the moon

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Armstrong, aldrin, and Collins

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Who “won” the space race

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America

46
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What was the arms race

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A rivalry between the usa and the soviet union, and their respective allies, during the cold war to see who could have the most weapons and supremacy in nuclear warfare

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Why did they use spies

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To keep up to date with their latest inventions

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What was the belief behind the arms race

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The more nuclear weapons you had, the more powerful you would be

49
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When was the first bomb dropped

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6 August 1945

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What element did the ussr discover in Europe

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Uranium

51
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When did the soviet union test its first atomic bomb

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August 1949

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Describe the b52 bomber

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It could fly 9800 km and deliver a nuclear bomb

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Why couldn’t the ussr make the b52 bomber

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It required massive financial backing from the government.the USA could afford this but the usssr could not

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When was the hydrogen bomb created

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1952

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How was it different from the atomic bomb

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1000 times stronger than the atomic bomb

56
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When did the ussr build the hydrogen bomb

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1953

57
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Give the full name for icbm

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Intercontinental ballistic missiles

58
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What could the icbm do

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Could be launched without using a bomber. Could go to different continents

59
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Who developed the icbm and when

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The soviets in 1957

60
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When did America build their icbm

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1958

61
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What does mad mean

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That both sides had enough ammunition to blow up the world six times over

62
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Define civil defense

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Both superpowers built radar arrays ro detect bombers and missiles

63
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Define détente

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Easing of tension

64
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When did the arms control arrangement take place

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1973 and 1979

65
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What lead to the arms control agreement

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Economic problems

66
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What was the arms control talks called

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SALT 1 AND SALT 2

67
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Give the full name for SALT

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Strategic arms limitations talk

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What did the treaties say or promse

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Tried to limit the expansion of the arms race by awning nuclear technology, anti-ballistic missile systems and weapons in space

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