The cold war

Question 1

Cold war

Answer 1

was a period of geopolitical tension between the soviet union and the united states and their respected allies after WW2

Question 2

capitalism

Answer 2

• private ownership of the means of production
• government does not run the economy
• there is nothing wrong with rich vs poor
• the possibility of making a profit i’d thought to be an incentive if motive to work harder

Question 3

communism

Answer 3

• common ownership of the means of production
• believe that the government should rule in the interest of all not just the rich
• wealth should be shared equally between the people
• the government is responsible for the equal distribution of said wealth

Question 4

joseph stalin

Answer 4

was the dictator of the union of soviet socialist republic (USSR)

Question 5

Harry S Truman

Answer 5

assumed office following the death of president roosevelt

Question 6

the truman doctrine

Answer 6

was an american foreign policy which established that the US would provide political military and economic assistance to all democratic nations

Question 7

the marshall plan

Answer 7

was a US program providing aid to western europe following the devastation of WW2 it was an ambitious effort to stimulate economic growth in europe and to prevent the spread of communism

Question 8

the state lites of the USSR

Answer 8

• Poland
• Romania
• Czechoslovakia
• Bulgaria
• East Germany

Question 9

what was the main motive of the satellite states

Answer 9

it’s main motive was to provide security and buffer future aggression

Question 10

after WW2 germany was divided into

Answer 10

Soviet, American, British and french zones

Question 11

the berlin blockade

Answer 11

was the crisis which occurred when stalin closed all road rail and canal links to west berlin

Question 12

NATO

Answer 12

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

• supported capitalism
• 28 european countries
• 2 north american countries

Question 13

warsaw pact

Answer 13

formed to rival nato
used poland as a proxy
soviet union used other counties in warsaw pact as a buffer

Question 14

the berlin wall was formed when

Answer 14

August 1961 - Khrushchev closed the bored between East and West berlin

• overnight a barbed wire bsgficstef went up
• the USA and allies did nothing to stop the building of the wall

Question 15

MAD

Answer 15

mutually assured destruction

Question 16

yalta conference

Answer 16

agreed germany would be divided into four zones

Question 17

north and south korea war

Answer 17

• in june 1950 communist north korean attacked south korea to unite all korea under a communist regime
• USA backed the south, and invaded korea they lost

Question 18

space race

Answer 18

• a race between USA and USSR with technological superiority

Question 19

with the nuclear arms race what did it almost start

Answer 19

nuclear war by the cuban middle crisis

Question 20

Bay of pigs

Answer 20

when the usa attempted to attack cuba and remove castro (dictator) from power but they failed miserably

Question 21

Non-proliferation treaty

Answer 21

aimed at stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, (signed by USA USSR britain)

Question 22

Strategic arms limitation talks

Answer 22

allowed countries to begin to talk about ways to limit the production of nuclear middles

Question 23

strategic defence initiative

Answer 23

(star wars) aimed to interrupt foreign middles using laser beams fired from satellites in space

Question 24

intermediate nuclear forces treaty

Answer 24

both sides agreed to destroy specific missiles