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Cold War Reveiw Flashcards

1
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Rivalry between US & Soviet Union fighting for world domination

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Cold War

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2
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Govt. has total control

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Communism

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3
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Flying supplies into Berlin to help those in need

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Airlift

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4
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Commie North Korea invaded South Korea

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Korean War

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5
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, made to stop communism

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NATO

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anti-commie senator who scared Americans about communism

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Joseph McCarthy

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Dictator of the Soviet Union after Stalin, planned Cuban missile crisis

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Symbolic boundary that divided Europe into 2

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Iron Curtain

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Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba and aimed at them at the USA

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Wall that divided East Berlin (commies) and West Berlin

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Berlin Wall

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11
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West & East Germany finally reunited

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German Reunification

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12
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Cold War starts

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1945

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13
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1950

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Korean War stars, North Korea invaded South Korea

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14
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1961

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Berlin Wall is built

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15
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What was the Cold War?

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A 45 year long conflict between the US and Soviet Union

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16
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The difference between a communist and capitalist government

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Communist- govt. in total control

Capitalist- people decide everything

17
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What country was divided into 4 parts after WWII

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Germany

18
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Why was the NATO established

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To promise democracy + stop communism

19
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What impact did space exploration have on the world

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  1. Space travel and NASA was a thing

2. They were able to watch actual history on TV

20
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Areas in Germany that were occupied by the Soviet Union

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Occupation Zones

21
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Areas in Germany with high tension between communists and non-communists

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Hot spots

22
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When did the Soviet Union collapse and wasn’t a thing anymore?

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1991

23
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What was the outcome of the Korean War?

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3 years with no progress + a truce (Korea is still divided to this day)

24
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What was unique about this division

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Berlin (the German capital) was controlled by the Soviet Union

25
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What was the outcome of the Vietnam war?

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South Vietnam and the USA lose and all of Vietnam fell into communism

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