Cold war

Question 1

Command Economy

Answer 1

Government controls all production - NO private ownership

Question 2

Mixed Economy

Answer 2

Government controls major industries, allows for some private businesses and ownership

Question 3

Market Economy

Answer 3

NO government control - Economy is driven by supply and demand - private business owners determine what to produce, how much to produce, etc.

Question 4

Traditional Economy

Answer 4

connected to tradition/inheritance. Tribal, communal, produce for community. Not profit driven

Question 5

Cold war (define)

Answer 5

conflict between the US and the USSR to become the #1 superpower in the world.
- War based on threats, no physical fighting, fear of a nuclear attack, propaganda

Question 6

USSR Goal

Answer 6

Spread Communism

Question 7

Was communism Successful? (politically)

Answer 7

No, suppressed peoples freedoms

Question 8

Was communism successful? (Economically)

Answer 8

No, Eastern/Soviet bloc countries couldn’t produce enough for their people.

Question 9

USA Goal

Answer 9

Spread Democracy

Question 10

Was Democracy successful? (politically)

Answer 10

Yes, allowed people political freedom and social reforms. Created free/open elections

Question 11

Was Democracy Successful? (Economically)

Answer 11

Yes, allowed for the private ownership of businesses. Allowed people to be driven by profit.

Question 12

Containment (define)

Answer 12

Foreign policy of the US during the Cold war (Containing the spread of communism)

Question 13

Truman Doctrine

Answer 13

providing military and financial aid to Greece and Turkey. Purpose was to prevent the influence/spread of the USSR/communism

Question 14

Marshall Plan

Answer 14

economic plan to provide aid to Western Europe/Democratic nations to rebuild their economies post WWII. Goal again is to spread democracy and contain communism.

Question 15

NATO

Answer 15

unified Western Democratic nations (from West Germany to the West, plus US and Canada). Create an alliance system to defend one another in the event of a Soviet attack.

Question 16

Warsaw Pact

Answer 16

USSR response to NATO

Question 17

East Germany

Answer 17

controlled by the USSR = Communist

Question 18

West Germany

Answer 18

controlled by the US = Democratic

Question 19

Berlin Blockade

Answer 19

Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies’ railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control

Question 20

Berlin Airlift

Answer 20

US planes delivered food, coal, and medical supplies every three mins

Question 21

Sputnik

Answer 21

First man made thing in space - built by Russia

- US feared that Russia could send missiles to space

Question 22

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 22

• US spy planes spotted missiles being installed in Cuba by the USSR. Created a blockade to prevent the USSR from installing missiles
  – the world was on the brink of nuclear war – if one nation fired, the other would respond with massive retaliation

Question 23

Arms Race

Answer 23

building of the biggest, deadliest nuclear weapons

Question 24

U2 - spy plane

Answer 24

U2 spy plane was supposed to fly too fast and high to be shot down – Russians shot down plane and captured pilot. Led to increased tensions between the US and the USSR.

Question 25

Mao Zedong

Answer 25

China’s first communist leader

Question 26

Great Leap Forward

Answer 26

economic plan to industrialize - failed

Question 27

Cultural revolution

Answer 27

Little Red Book, suppress government opposition, unify all communes under government control