Chapter 17 & 18

Question 1

Nuremberg

Answer 1

Site of war crimes trials

Question 2

United Nations

Answer 2

Dedicated to world peace

Question 3

Cold War

Answer 3

State of tension between US & USSR

Question 4

Truman doctrine

Answer 4

US provided economic and milord aid to nations fighting communism

Question 5

Marshall plan

Answer 5

US aid package to Western Europe

Question 6

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Answer 6

Military alliance led by US, opposed by Soviet Union

Question 7

Warsaw Pact

Answer 7

Military alliance led by Soviet Union, opposed by US

Question 8

Recession

Answer 8

Period when economy shrinks

Question 9

Suburbanization

Answer 9

Movement of communities outside urban area

Question 10

Welfare state

Answer 10

Government takes on social and economic needs of people

Question 11

Collectivization

Answer 11

Pooling peasant land to create a large farm, run by government

Question 12

Great Leap Forward

Answer 12

Resulted in China having food shortages and the failure of small businesses

Question 13

Cultural revolution

Answer 13

Resulted in closing of schools and factories in China

Question 14

38th parallel

Answer 14

Dividing line between North and South Korea

Question 15

Kim ll Sung

Answer 15

North Korean leader during Korean War

Question 16

Mujahedin

Answer 16

Muslim religious warriors in Afghanistan

Question 17

Glastnost

Answer 17

Russian term for openness, allowed criticism of soviet society

Question 18

Perestroika

Answer 18

Soviet policy of restructuring soviet society

Question 19

Solidarity

Answer 19

Independent polish labor union

Question 20

Vaclav Havel

Answer 20

Leader of Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Question 21

Nicolae ceausescu

Answer 21

Communist dictator of Romania

Question 22

What important principle did the Nuremberg trials demonstrate?

Answer 22

That national leaders could be held accountable for their actions

Question 23

What powers does the United Nations security council have

Answer 23

To send troops under UN command; has veto power over decisions to apply sanctions and use military force

Question 24

What change had taken place throughout Eastern Europe by 1948

Answer 24

Pro soviet governments were in place

Question 25

Describe the governments of west and east Germany after world war ll

Answer 25

West Germany was democratic; east Germany was communist

Question 26

What impact did the rise in oil prices have on the economies of industrialized nations

Answer 26

It ended post war prosperity

Question 27

What nation was divided after world war ll and reunited in 1990

Answer 27

Germany

Question 28

Why did Japan's economy prosper from the 1950s to the 1970s

Answer 28

It had a small military budget

Question 29

Who was Mao Zedong and why was he important

Answer 29

Leader of China's communist revolution

Question 30

Describe US Chinese relations in the 1940s

Answer 30

US tried to improve relations with China to isolate the Soviet Union

Question 31

How did the Korean War start

Answer 31

North Korea invaded South Korea

Question 32

Describe the governments of north and South Korea in the 1980s

Answer 32

South Korea was becoming a democracy; North Korea was a communist dictatorship

Question 33

What role did the arms race play in the downfall of the Soviet Union

Answer 33

It strained the soviet economy

Question 34

Why was Afghanistan considered the Soviet unions Vietnam

Answer 34

The war was long and costly

Question 35

What was the response of Eastern Europe when the Soviet Union crumbled

Answer 35

The demanded freedom

Question 36

How did the fall of the Soviet Union affect other communist nations

Answer 36

Some adopted free market reforms, but few adopted democracy

Question 37

How did the end of the Cold War affect the US

Answer 37

The power of the US caused a mixed world reaction

Question 38

What role did China play in the Korean War

Answer 38

It fought on north koreas side

Question 39

What were the results of mikhail gorbachevs perestroika

Answer 39

Shortages grew worse and prices soared

Question 40

What happened to the defeated Chinese nationalists

Answer 40

The fled to Taiwan