Cold war

Question 1

What was the potsdam treaty?

Answer 1

To disarm and demilitarize Germany, to divide Germany into the four allied groups (France, Britain, USA, and Soviet Union)

Question 2

What caused the berlin airlift?

Answer 2

A blockade put in place by East Germany in hopes of cutting off all supplies and resources to West Germany, forcing them to turn to communism in order to get supplies needed for survival. US successfully provided enough supplies for the airlift for West Germany to remain a democracy

Question 3

Why was the Berlin wall put in place?

Answer 3

To prevent east Germans from seeing the technological advancements West Germany was making, and to (literally) contain communism from entering West Germany

Question 4

Who did Mao Zedong replace?

Answer 4

Sun Yatsen and Chiang Kai-shek

Question 5

How Did Mao gain popularity?

Answer 5

By participating in the Long March and being very charasmatic and friendly

Question 6

Why was Kaishek unpopular with the poor?

Answer 6

Because communism was more appealing to the poor because they would be equal. Kaishek was not communist.

Question 7

Why did the great leap forward fail?

Answer 7

55 million people died from famine, and the people produced poor quality steel due to poor training

Question 8

What was the long march?

Answer 8

A march across China to prove that communism was strong and heroic.

Question 9

What does NATO stand for

Answer 9

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 10

What parallel divided North and South Korea

Answer 10

38th parallel

Question 11

What is a DMZ

Answer 11

De militarization zone

Question 12

How did chinese communism differ from soviet communism

Answer 12

Differing views on the role of peasents- China thought that peasents were the major driving force behind the communist revolution, Soviets thought that a “revolutionary elite” was the driving force behind the communist revolution.

Question 13

In what ways was Mao and china a “wildcard”?

Answer 13

Through their attack of Taiwan and Tibet, Mao showed that China was not afraid of potential Global Consequences and was unconcerned with international relationships

Question 14

Who was the leader of Tibet? Why did Mao overthrow him?

Answer 14

The leader of Tibet was Dalai Lama. Mao overthrew him because

  - he wanted to "unify" china, and Tibet was previously part of it
  - he wanted China to be atheist, and Tibet was budhist

Question 15

What was Mao’s second plan following the great leap forward called?

Answer 15

The cultural revolution lead by China’s youtyh

Question 16

How did the Cultural revolution turn into a cult of personality?

Answer 16

Mao was seen as a higher power and godlike figure

Question 17

Who was the Cuban Leader during the Cuban Missle Crisis?

Answer 17

Fidel Castro

Question 18

How many days did the Cuban Missle Crisis last?

Answer 18

13 days

Question 19

What was the failed assasination attempt of the Cuban leader called

Answer 19

The Bay of Pigs

Question 20

Why did Kennedy call the blockade of Cuba a quarantine

Answer 20

Establishing an actual Blockade would be considered an act of war, and we were trying to avoid war at all costs

Question 21

What is an ICBM

Answer 21

An inter continental balistic missle

Question 22

Who were the three last leaders of the USSR?

Answer 22

Kruschev, Breznev, and Gorbachev

Question 23

What was the 1st satelite in space called? Who launched it?

Answer 23

Sputnik, launched by the USSR

Question 24

What was the 1st American satelite in space called?

Answer 24

Vanguard

Question 25

What does NASA stand for

Answer 25

National Aeronautic Space Administration

Question 26

Who was the first soviet to orbit earth

Answer 26

Yuri Gargarin

Question 27

Who was the first American to orbit earth?

Answer 27

John Glenn

Question 28

Who was on the Apollo 11

Answer 28

Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins

Question 29

Who was the first leader of Russia following the fall of the USSR

Answer 29

Borris Yeltsin

Question 30

What are three things that contributed to the fall of the soviet union

Question 31

What were Glasnost and Perestroika?

Answer 31

Glasnost was an openness policy and perestroika was a policy to restructure the economic and politcal system.

Question 32

Who was the North Vietnamese Leader?

Answer 32

Ho Chi Min

Question 33

Who was the South Vietnamese leader(s)?

Answer 33

Diem

Question 34

What is the domino theory

Answer 34

The idea that if one country were to fall to communism, the surrounding countries would do the same

Question 35

Who created the term the Iron Curtain

Answer 35

Winston Churchill

Question 36

What is a quagmire? How does it relate to the Vietnam war?

Answer 36

A slippery bog. Relates to V war because the longer they stayed the harder it was to get out

Question 37

What is the name of the Afghanistan rebel army backed by the U.S? Whom did they eventually turn in to?

Answer 37

The Mujahadeen, who eventually turned into the Taliban

Question 38

What was the vietnamese communist rebel army refered to as?

Answer 38

The Vietcong

Question 39

What happened in Tienmenn Square?

Question 40

Why was the cold war called the cold war?

Question 41

Who was Chiang Kai-Shek

Question 42

What was the soviet "version" of NATO known as?

Answer 42

The Warsaw Pact

Question 43

What are three occasions in which the soviet union put down revolts in Eastern Europe?

Answer 43

1953 protests in east germany, hungary's attempt to end one party rule and withdraw from the Warsaw Pact, and "prague spring"

Question 44

What are three characteristics of China's cultural revolution?

Answer 44

The red book of Mao's quotes, red scarfs

Question 45

Who was the first American in space?

Answer 45

Alan Shepard

Question 46

What was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

Answer 46

US warships were supposedly attacked on two seperate accounts in the Gulf of Tonkin

Question 47

What was the gulf of tonkin resolution?

Answer 47

President Johnson authorized the deployment of troops and militia to Vietnam

Question 48

What was the Tet Offensive? What is Tet?

Answer 48

Tet is the vietnamese new year. The tet offensive refers to a suprise attack from North Vietnam on South vietnam. This led to the American Public's view to change, as we saw the losses we were actually facing

Question 49

What is a command economy

Answer 49

An economy where everything is controlled by the government. For example, in 1956 when Hungary tried to leave the USSR, Kruschev was angry and sent tanks.

Question 50

What are some economic issues that led to the fall of the USSR?

Answer 50

Collectivization was failing due to non localized decision making, most goods in the USSR were inferior to western goods, there was little incentive for innovation due to everybody being paid the same, the government was too big and slow to make decisions, and the USSR people began to grow envious of Western goods

Question 51

What was Gorbachev's solution to these economic issues

Answer 51

He would decline the cold war to help the soviet economy gain more trade, signed an arms treaty (SALT) with the united states, pulled troops out of Afghanistan, and started Glasnost and Perestroika.

Question 52

What are some characteristics of Glasnost

Answer 52

Ended government censorship and encouraged free speech

Question 53

What are some characteristics of perestroika

Answer 53

Shrunk the size of the government, allowed for limited private enterprises, allowed for local factories and farmers to make their own decisions

Question 54

How did the war with Japan solidify Mao's rule

Answer 54

America had sent weapons and aid allowing Mao to win, and it ended the 30 year civil war in China because America had recognized Mao was China's leader

Question 55

Who is Douglas MacArthur

Answer 55

Former American War General, leader of UN when they pushed back north korea

Question 56

What was Sun Yatsen's main goal

Answer 56

To unify and reunite China. He turned to the soviets for support

Question 57

What is a proxy war

Answer 57

A war fought between two countries without the countries actually fighting. "Our money, their blood"

Question 58

What was the name of the long range missiles developed in WWII and what were they used for?

Answer 58

V-1 and V-2 missiles, used to attack England over the England Channell

Question 59

What did Chiang Kaisehk do to modernize China

Answer 59

- unified currency systems - expanded education and medicine - built hospitals

Question 60

What was the era of Detente and why did it end

Answer 60

A time of peace (1972-1979) between US and USSR where treaties were being signed to prevent war. This ended when USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979.

Question 61

What was the northern campaign

Answer 61

campaign that Chaing Kaishek started, and he eventually conquered and unified china and became dictator

Question 62

What was the US's first successful satelite called?

Answer 62

The explorer 1

Question 63

What was Indochina?

Answer 63

The term the french used to refer to Vietnam as during their rule

Question 64

What were the ships involved in the Gulf of Tonkin incident called?

Answer 64

USS Maddox and USS Turner

Question 65

Why did Gorbachev's ideas fail?

Answer 65

They were rapid and although people were happy, others disliked fast paced change. Also since it allowed for freedom of speech, there were many protests

Question 66

What was the hundreds flower campaign

Answer 66

Mao encouraged Chinese people to offer their opinion and suggestions as to how the government and communism should lead China

Question 67

Summarize the cold war in one sentence

Answer 67

A state of tension regarding socioeconomic ideologies between countries with no fighting. (USSR and USA never directly fought)

Question 68

What was the Ho Chih Min Trail used for

Answer 68

a military supply route running from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia to South Vietnam