G.S. 5/7/24

Question 1

Who were the two nations counted as superpowers

Answer 1

The U.S. and the Soviet Union

Question 2

definition of a superpower

Answer 2

they were nations stronger than other powerful
nations

Question 3

The United States led ____ in Western Europe

Answer 3

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Question 4

The Soviet Union led the _____ in Eastern Europe

Answer 4

Warsaw Pact

Question 5

what is “mutually assured destructively “

Answer 5

each side knew that the other side would be
destroyed if it launched its weapons

Question 6

The cold war between two superpowers

Answer 6

between the U.S. and the Soviet Union where both sides were threatened with nuclear war. This caused extreme tension between both sides, neither of which didn’t dare to launch an attack or do anything that could lead to devastation.

Question 7

anti-ballistic missiles (ABM)

Answer 7

missiles that could shoot down other missiles from hostile countries

Question 8

to reduce the threat of nuclear war, both superpowers began the…

Answer 8

..Strategic Arms Limitation Talks to limit the number of nuclear weapons held by each side

Question 9

detente

Answer 9

relaxation of tensions

Question 10

Other nations such as China, Britain, and France developed their nuclear bombs but to keep the arms race from going any further they signed the…

Answer 10

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Question 11

In 1955, the United States and its allies formed another alliance, which included the United States, Britain, France, Australia, Pakistan, Thailand, New Zealand, and the Philippines, called

Answer 11

SEATO (Southeast-Asia Treaty Organization)

Question 12

The Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) comprised Britain, Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan

Answer 12

The Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) comprised Britain, Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan

Question 13

The Soviet Union and its allies were often known as the

Answer 13

Soviet bloc

Question 14

Who was Fidel Castro

Answer 14

A politician who organized an armed rebellion against the corrupt dictator who ruled Cuba which was won so he set about transforming the country

Question 15

What Revolution was made by Fidel Castro

Answer 15

Cuban Revolution

Question 16

Soviet Union aided Cuba by sending them missiles which angered the U.S. and demanded them to remove having the whole situation threatening of war but which person stopped it?

Answer 16

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev

Question 17

America’s basic policy toward communist countries was known as

Answer 17

containment (This was a strategy of containing communism or keeping it within its
existing boundaries and preventing further expansion)

Question 18

Command Economy vs Free Market Economy

Answer 18

The command economy was under the Soviet Union, where government bureaus made most economic decisions and the government owned most property.

The free market economy was in the United States, where property is privately owned, prices are based on supply and demand, and producers and consumers make economic decisions.

Question 19

system that oversees the finances of the world’s nations

Answer 19

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Question 20

periods where economies shrink

Answer 20

Recessions

Question 21

The movement to communities outside an urban core

Answer 21

suburbanization

Question 22

President Truman’s successor, Dwight Eisenhower, approved…

Answer 22

government funding to build a highway system

Question 23

forced separation was called

Answer 23

segregation

Question 24

unequal treatment or barriers were called

Answer 24

discrimination

Question 25

The U.S. Supreme Court made a case ruling which declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional: what was it called

Answer 25

Brown vs. Board of Education

Question 26

The Soviet Union occupied eastern Germany (command economy —> led to failure)
The U.S., Britain, and France occupied western Germany (successful economy)
causing what to be built?

Answer 26

Berlin Wall

Question 27

many people from Soviet-occupied eastern Germany wanted to go to the U.S.-occupied western Germany but were shot if they tried to cross the Berlin Wall. Eventually, the eastern part of Germany’s economy was so bad that they…

Answer 27

were forced to open the wall to the U.S. western Germany causing their reunification in 1990.

Question 28

a country with a market economy but with increased government responsibility for the social and economic needs of its people.

Answer 28

welfare state

Question 29

What is GDP

Answer 29

Gross.Domestic.Product is the total value of all goods and services produced in a nation within a particular year.

Question 30

why is GDP an accurate measure for assessing economic development

Answer 30

it gives information about the size of the economy and how an economy is performing.

Question 31

The line of latitude that separates North and South Korea is called

Answer 31

38th parallel

Question 32

Who was the dictator of North Korea during the Korean war?

Answer 32

Kim Il(il) Sung

Question 33

An area with no military forces near the 38th parallel is called a

Answer 33

demilitarized zone

Question 34

What type of economy did North Korea have?

Answer 34

command

Question 35

Small groups of loosely organized soldiers making surprise raids are called

Answer 35

guerillas

Question 36

What Vietnamese leader tried to unite Vietnam under communist rule?

Answer 36

Ho Chi Minh

Question 37

What side did America support in the Vietnam War?

Answer 37

South Vietnam

Question 38

The view that a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism was called

Answer 38

domino theory

Question 39

In 1968, when guerilla forces came out of the jungle and attacked American and South Vietnamese forces in cities all across the south during the Vietnamese New Year, this was known as the

Answer 39

Tet offensive

Question 40

The agreement established by President Nixon and North Vietnam in January 1973 to establish a halt in fighting and essentially withdraw America from the war was called the

Answer 40

Paris Peace Accord

Question 41

Who won the Vietnam war?

Answer 41

north vietnam

Question 42

Why did the command economy of the Soviet Union start to stagnate?

Answer 42

inefficiency and underproduction

Question 43

A conflict between the Soviet Union, and what country provoked a crisis in morale for the Soviets at home, similar to what Vietnamese involvement did to America

Answer 43

Afghanistan

Question 44

What energetic new leader emerged in the Soviet Union in 1985?

Answer 44

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 45

What year did the Soviet Union finally crumble?

Answer 45

1991