Cold war era Flashcards
who waas the president of cuba?
fidel castro
leader of USSR?
nikita khrushchev
president of USA?
John F Kennedy
full form of USSR?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
which idealogy was followed in cuba?
communism
what was the high point during the cold war?
cuban missile crisis
in which year did the nuclear missiles get installed in cuba?
1962
what will be considered as a hot war?
a war where weapons are used
during the cold war, both sides showed restraint. No warfare took place. true/false?
false, there were wars in several regions with the two powers and their allies involved in warfare.
what idealogies did the western alliance represent?
liberal democracy and capitalism
what idealogies did the eastern alliance represent?
socialism and communism
in which year did the second world war begin and in which year did it end?
1939-1945
which contries formed the axis powers?
germany, italy, japan
which countires formed the allied forces?
US, soviet union, britain, france
in which year did the first world war begin and in which year did it end?
1914-1918
in which year did the cold war begin? why do you think so?
1945
end of the second world war was the beginning of the cold war
the deterrence relationship prevents war and rivalry between powers. true/false?
false, it prevents war but not rivalry
the atomic bomb dropped in nagasaki was called ‘little boy’. true/false?
false, the bomb dropped on nagasaki was called ‘fat man’
the bomb dropped in hiroshima wad called ‘little boy’. true/false?
true
the world was sharply divided into two alliance systems. where did the division take place first?
europe
full form of NATO?
the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
when did NATO come into existence?
april 1949
NATO consisted of how many states?
it was an association of 12 states
when was the warsaw pact created?
1955
what was the principle function of warsaw pact?
to counter NATO’s forces in europe
what was the main arena of conflict during the cold war?
europe
was china a part of the second world?
no
which alliance systems was formed in east and southeast asia and the middle east?
the South East Asian Treaty Organisation (SEATO) and Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO)
how did the soviet union react to the formation of SEATO and CENTO?
the soviet union and communist china developed close relations with regional countries like North Korea, Iraq and Vietnam
when did ussr and china fight? what was the reason?
1969
territorial dispute
list some things that the smaller countires provided to the superpowers.
resources like oil and minerals, territory for base, locations for spies, economic support for military expenses, loyalty in terms of idealogy
name some regions where direct confrontations took place between the two powers.
Korea, Berlin, Congo
who played a key mediatory role in the congo crisis?
UN secretary general
name some agreements which helped with ‘arms control’
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Name the leaders of NAM along with their countries.
Jawaharlal Nehru - India Josip Broz Tito - Yugoslavia Gamal Abdel Nasser - Egypt Sukarno - Indonesia Kwame Nkrumah - Ghana
when was the first summit for NAM held? where was it held? how many countries attended it?
1961
Belgrade
25 member states
when was the 17th summit of NAM held? where? how many countires attended?
2016
Venezuela
120 member states and 17 observer countries
what made NAM less homogeneous?
New countires with different political systems and interests joined in.
give an example for isolationism.
US foreign policy from the American war of independence in 1787 to the first world war
full form of NIEO?
New International Economic Order
full form of UNCTAD?
the United Nation Conference on Trade and Development
what was the name of the report brought out by UNCTAD? when did this report come out?
‘towards a new trade policy for development’
1972
which treaty was signed between india and USSR? when? for how long was the treaty supposed to last?
the treaty of friendship
august 1971
20 years
