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Question 1

Marxism

Answer 1

An economic and political philosophy

Question 2

NATO

Answer 2

North Atlantic treaty organization

Question 3

Perestroika

Answer 3

Reconstruction of the soviet economy and industry

Question 4

Arms race

Answer 4

A competition between the u.s. And the Soviet Union to manufacture the most nuclear weapons.

Question 5

Capitalism

Answer 5

An economic system based on private owner ship

Question 6

Communism

Answer 6

An economic system based on government ownership and control of resources

Question 7

Eisenhower doctrine

Answer 7

Stated that a country could ask the u.s. For military support if it was threatened by another country.

Question 8

Glasnost

Answer 8

A policy that allowed more openness in the soviet government.

Question 9

Red scare

Answer 9

A time of extreme anti-communism

Question 10

Space race

Answer 10

A competition between the u.s. And the Soviet Union to explore space.

Question 11

Warsaw Pact

Answer 11

An alliance between the Soviet Union and other European communist nations.

Question 12

What were the two superpowers

Answer 12

Soviet Union and America

Question 13

What was built in Berlin Germany and why

Answer 13

The Berlin Wall built to separate east Berlin from West Berlin so that the communist people in West Berlin could not escape to east Berlin.

Question 14

Explain the Korean War

Answer 14

We did not want the spread of communism in the world and the communist from North Korea tried to invade South Korea and we wanted to put a stop to that

Question 15

Explain the Cuban misleading crisis

Answer 15

Fidel Castro made a deal with the Russians Fidel allowed Russia to make missiles on the island of Cuba and Cuba was so close to the u.s. Kennedy could not allow them to be built so he put up a navel blockade around cuba not allowing Russian ships to deliver the materials to make the misses Russia backed down and removed the missiles

Question 16

Explain the Vietnam conflict

Answer 16

1. We did not want the spread of communism
2. vietnam was a French colony
3. since the u.s. Congress never declared war it should be called the Vietnam conflict not the Vietnam war.
4. lasted almost 20 years which is the longest war in u.s. History
5. the u.s. Didn’t lose the war but withdrew before they lost.

Question 17

What does mad stand for

Answer 17

Mutually assured distruction.

Question 18

Iron curtain

Answer 18

Barrier of secrecy and censorship that keeps a country isolated from the rest of the world