Cold War

Question 0

NORAD

Answer 0

• North American air defence system

- a pact between Canada and the US out of Russia paranoia

Question 1

Berlin blockade

Answer 1

Russia wanted to apply pressure on the Americans and Europeans that owned half of Berlin, they created a blockade.
American British and French planes flew supplies to western Berlin do that they would survive eventually the blockade was dropped

Question 2

United Nations

Answer 2

• league if nations failed
• ## 21 countries signed it

Question 3

Marshall plan

Answer 3

• Western Europe was helped by this economic strengthening plan, where as Eastern Europe was under the rule of Russia under the commonfal plan

Question 4

NATO

Answer 4

North Atlantic treaty organization

- defence organization

Question 5

Iron curtain

Answer 5

A hypothetical wall that divided the communist side of Europe to the American side

Question 6

Berlin Wall

Answer 6

An actual wall that divided Berlin in half

Fell in 1989

Question 7

Hydrogen bomb

Answer 7

• developed in 1949

- tested in the pasific ocean

Question 8

Cuba middle crisis

Answer 8

The nuclear missiles in Cuba had perfect range of all the US
- Kennedy got Krushcev to back down

Question 9

Gocbarchev

Answer 9

Developed Glasnost in the Soviet Union,and eventually lead to the breakup of the Soviet Union

Question 10

Dooms day clock

Answer 10

Tracked the danger of nuclear war located in Chicago

Question 11

The red scare

Answer 11

People were worried about the take over or communism just like
In Russia

Question 12

Korea

Answer 12

• US and Canada fought to protect the communist take over of South Korea
• nobody really won North Korea remained communist and South Korea remained democratic

Question 13

Suez Crisis

Answer 13

• when Egypt said that they were going to make the Suez Canal nationalized
• Britain and France wanted the water access to oil
• sent in forces from Israel
• Peace keeping missions were formed

Question 14

Vietnam war

Answer 14

• America backed up the French stationed there
• south Vietnam would not become another communist nation
• Russia fought with north Vietnam to join the geo under communism
• eventually north Vietnam won communism

Question 15

Lester Pearson

Answer 15

• came up with the idea of peace keeping missions

- he created universal health care, pension plans, student loans

Question 16

Space race

Answer 16

• wanted to launch missiles from space
• allouette was the first Canadian satellite
• Marc Garneau was the first Canadian in space

Question 17

Roberta bondar

Answer 17

First female Canadian in space (1992)

Question 18

Avro Arrow

Answer 18

• Canada’s first attempt at joining the super sonic fighters
• cancelled by diefenbaker
• too much money
• all the blue prints and planes destroyed

Question 19

John diefenbaker

Answer 19

• cancelled the Avro arrow
• laid the foundation for the charter of rights and freedom
• allowed US to fly over Canada with bombs

Question 20

Herbert Norman

Answer 20

He was named a communist, he wasn’t actually
One but he felt stuck
And eventually committed suicide

Question 21

Padlock law

Answer 21

Allows local sheriffs to close down meeting places suspected of promoting communism or Bolshevism
- too much power to the attorney general

Question 22

Igor Gouzenko

Answer 22

He was a spy from the Russian embassy, he told people of a spy ring in the government, this made Canadians scared for they new Russians were amount them

Question 23

Deifebbuncker

Answer 23

A bunker in Canada where important person role would stay

Question 24

Iranian hostage

Answer 24

52 Americans were held as prisoners for 444 days as the students in Iraq took over the us embassy in Tehran