Final Pt. 3

Question 1

cold war

Answer 1

a state of existing tension between the Soviet Union & US

a rivalry between communist & free world nations

touches almost every corner of the globe

Question 2

Khruschev

Answer 2

former Communist party secretary

openly denounced stalin

Question 3

Warsaw Pact

Answer 3

a treaty of mutual defense & military aid

signed by communist states of Eastern Europe under Soviet leadership

USSR’s formalized military alliance in response to NATO

Question 4

Detente

Answer 4

a relaxation of tensions or strained relations

Question 5

Third World nations

Answer 5

underdeveloped countries

Question 6

Brezhnev and his detente

Answer 6

replaced Khruschev

after his massive Soviet arms buildup, Brezhnev presided over a limited détente with the US

Question 7

Korean War

Answer 7

in a surprise attack, communist North Korea attacked non-communist South Korea & pushed far south

the United Nations authorized support for South Korea

Chinese troops entered the war on the NK side & recaptured the SK capital of Seoul

fighting stabilized near the 38th Parallel

South Korea would remain independent & non-communist

Question 8

Berlin Wall

Answer 8

designed to stop defections to West Berlin

Question 9

Afghanistan

Answer 9

Soviets seek to stabilize their client/border state

Afghan guerrillas (Mujahidin) with US arms waged jihad against troops armed/supported by the USSR

Question 10

Ronald Reagan

Answer 10

to achieve favorable weapons agreements, the US had to be in a position of negotiating from strength

Question 11

the Zero Option

Answer 11

deal offered to the Soviets

the US would not proceed with the deployment of missiles in Europe (a direct threat to USSR)

Question 12

Boris Yeltsin

Answer 12

refused to cave in to military pressure

Question 13

Thatcher

Answer 13

fought inflation/encouraged private enterprise

known for determination

Question 14

United Kingdom post WW2

Answer 14

impoverished

slow to recover

Question 15

France post WW2

Answer 15

de Gaulle pursued greatness for FR

Question 16

Germany’s division

Answer 16

carved into four occupation zones

Question 17

West Germany post WW2

Answer 17

recovered through what was termed economic “miracles”

economic recovery was rapid

resulted in Europe’s strongest post-war economy

Question 18

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 18

supervised Allied occupation/formation of post-war Japanese society

Question 19

Republic of Ireland

Answer 19

Independent S. section of island

mainly Roman Catholic

Question 20

Good Friday Peace Accords

Answer 20

Republic of Ireland agreed to abstain from its goal of unification

Question 21

President Nixon’s foreign travels

Answer 21

goes on a surprise visit to China to lay the groundwork for the US establishing official diplomatic relationships

Question 22

Great Leap forward

Answer 22

communal production experiments

attempt was made to make homemade steel

Question 23

Japan post WW2

Answer 23

embarked on rapid industrial development

became an economic superpower

Question 24

Indo-China

Answer 24

France dominated until WW2

Question 25

Tonkin Gulf resolution

Answer 25

both China & the Soviet Union supported North Vietnam during its war with the US

made it the era of “escalation”

Question 26

6 day war

Answer 26

Egypt asks UN Sinai force to leave, increases its forces

Israeli pre-emptive air strikes destroyed Egyptian air force

Question 27

Camp David Accords

Answer 27

step toward Arab-Israeli reconciliation

an agreement to build on

Question 28

Iran

Answer 28

Iranians seized US Embassy in Tehran taking 66 US citizens hostage

Efforts by President Carter to free the hostages failed