The Cold War

Question 1

whats a superpower

Answer 1

major world power that is able to defend its interests when challenged and able to exert its influence on nations throughout the world

Question 2

what was the cold war

Answer 2

intense rivarly between superpowers where the opponents use all available methods short of direct military force in order to gain political or economic advantage over the rival

Question 3

what are the 10 Cold War strategies

Answer 3

prestige race, propaganda, balance of power, brinkmanship, arms race, space race, defence systems, espionage, deterrence, proxy war

Question 4

whats the prestige race

Answer 4

competition between powers played out in non-military ways

Question 5

whats proxy war

Answer 5

wars which a superpower supports a side in the conflict or actually fight hot wars that are not difect conflicts with each other

Question 6

whats detterence

Answer 6

when a government builds up deffeces that can counteract any aggressive actions by another power

Question 7

whats espionage

Answer 7

when governments try to gain secret information

Question 8

whats defence systems

Answer 8

when each power develops ways to defend against military attack so they reduce the challenge of the other pwoer

Question 9

whats the space race

Answer 9

each majory power competes to be the first to achieve things in space and more in space then any other pwoer

Question 10

whats brinkmanship

Answer 10

when a powero pushes a conflict to the brink without negotiations until the opposing power gives in to avoid nuclear war

Question 11

whats balance of power

Answer 11

strategy used to equalize strength of the competing countries/ideologies

Question 12

whats detente

Answer 12

a relaxation of strained relations or tensions between rival nations

Question 13

whats the truman doctrine

Answer 13

ideological concept stating the US commitment to preserve freedom and justice worldwide

Question 14

whats the marshall plan

Answer 14

european economic aid program

Question 15

when was the marshall plan launched

Answer 15

1948

Question 16

when was the cold war

Answer 16

1945-1989

Question 17

whats prestoika

Answer 17

the restructuring of the Soviet economic system

Question 18

whats sovietization

Answer 18

imposition of a soviet style government and economic system on satellite countries of the USSR

Question 19

whats deterrence

Answer 19

belefi that you will deter your enemy by making them afraid to go to war with you because of powerful weapons

Question 20

difference between deterrence and detente

Answer 20

deterrence is beleiving that you will make the enemy afraid to go to war with you because of powerful weapons; detente is the belief that we should reduce the number/type of weapons and relax tensions between competing nations

Question 21

when was the berlin blockade

Answer 21

june 24 1948

Question 22

what was the berlin blockade

Answer 22

when east berlin blocked transportation of supplies from going into west berlin

Question 23

what did the berlin wall do

Answer 23

divide east and west berlin making there an east and west germany

Question 24

when was NATO established

Answer 24

1949

Question 25

what was the purpose of the truman doctrine

Answer 25

start the policy of containment

Question 26

what were the 4 major conflicts of the cold war in order

Answer 26

berlin blockade, korean war, cuba, vietnam

Question 27

what was thesoviet act called that was created to try and counter NATO and when was it founded

Answer 27

warsaw pact (WTO) founded in 1955

Question 28

what was soviet response to marshall plan

Answer 28

comecon

Question 29

whats comecon

Answer 29

created by soviets to organize and unite the economies in the eastern European countries

Question 30

when did bay of pigs invasion happen

Answer 30

1961

Question 31

when did brinkmanship occur in cuba

Answer 31

october 11-24 of 1962

Question 32

what were teh outcomes of the cuban missile crisi

Answer 32

test ban treaty and a hotline

Question 33

what was the test ban treaty

Answer 33

ban on nuclear testing in certain areas

Question 34

what was the hot line

Answer 34

direct telephone line between the two superpowers to ensure direct communication and give the opponent an out

Question 35

who was communist leader of china in 1949

Answer 35

mao zedong

Question 36

whats containment

Answer 36

using american money and military force to stop the spread of communism

Question 37

whats teh domino theory

Answer 37

americans beleived that unsettled countries taht shared borders with communist ruled nations would follow

Question 38

who was ho chi minh

Answer 38

leader of nationalist group called the viet minh

Question 39

what did the viet minh want

Answer 39

an independant and communist vietnam

Question 40

which nations supported ho chi minh

Answer 40

russia and china

Question 41

when did the US pull out of the vietnam war

Answer 41

march of 1973

Question 42

when did the vietnam war end

Answer 42

may of 1975

Question 43

who was american president in 1969

Answer 43

richard nixon

Question 44

what is MAD

Answer 44

mutually assured destruction

Question 45

what are the 2 ways to acheive detterencee

Answer 45

alliances and massive weapon build up