Section 1 - The Balance of power in the West

Question 1

after WWII, what two countries started a war against each other? What was the name?

Answer 1

USA and the USSR; The Cold War

Question 2

What years was the Cold War?

Answer 2

1945-1980s

Question 3

What were the two countries attempting to do in the [war]?

Answer 3

assert their power and prove their strength

Question 4

How did the USA and USSR try to prove their strength? (2)

Answer 4

1. The Space Race
2. The Nuclear Arms Race

Question 5

Was there any direct conflict in the Cold War?

Answer 5

No

Question 6

During the Cold War, Canada was trying to assert what? On which region?

Answer 6

Their sovereignty (authority) over the arctic region

Question 7

What type of struggles were the African Americans facing in the USA?

Answer 7

Social struggles; inequality

Question 8

What did the African Americans do in order to get equality? (movement)

Answer 8

Civil Rights movement

Question 9

Many young people protested against which war?

Answer 9

Vietnam War

Question 10

How did France also see unrest in the 1960s?

Answer 10

Student and worker strikes

Question 11

What aided Canadas economy? (2)

Answer 11

The arms race and the rebuilding of Europe