Unit 3

Question 1

Berlin Blockade

Answer 1

Soviet Union’s territory surrounded the capital and cut off all ground traffic in an out of West Berlin

Goal: Force Allies to abandon city

part of economic warfare

US used airlifts to transport supplies to Berlin

Created NATO

Question 2

Korean War

Answer 2

Major Conflict during Cold War

Communist North Korea invaded South Korea

Members of United Nations helped protect South Korea from communism

Question 3

Berlin Wall

Answer 3

East Germans did not want to live in a communist country and crossed into West Berlin to get away from communism.

This divided Germany into East and West

Fall of Wall reunified Germany - Berlin Reinstated as capital of Germany

Question 4

What marked the end of the Cold War

Answer 4

The fall of the Berlin Wall

Question 5

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 5

Confrontation between US and Soviet Union - closest to nuclear conflict

US quarantined Cuba to prevent military supplies from getting more military supplies. Demanded Removal of Missiles. - Resolved issue

Question 6

Vietnam War

Answer 6

US joined Vietnam war to prevent communist takeover of Vietnam

North Vietnam wanted to reunite country under communism

Question 7

SALT 1

Answer 7

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
US and Soviet Union (USSR) negotiated first agreements:
limited number of missiles
limited number of deployment sites
Agreed to principal of non interference and respect for national sovereignty

Question 8

SALT 2

Answer 8

Continuation of SALT 1 - US and USSR aimed to reduce manufacture of strategic nuclear weapons.

Question 9

Brinksmanship

Answer 9

“Nuclear Chicken”
In Political Policy when a country pushes a situation extremely close to a dangerous point.

Question 10

Detente

Answer 10

The easing of hostile relations between countries

ex. US and Soviet Union

Question 11

Iron Curtain

Answer 11

The Division of Europe between Soviet influence and Western Influence

Symbolized by Berlin Wall

Question 12

NATO

Answer 12

(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Goal: Guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means.

Question 13

NORAD

Answer 13

(North American Aerospace Defence Command)

Consists of America and Canada - Mission of Aerospace warning and aerospace control and maritime warning for North America

Question 14

Indian Act

Answer 14

Attempted to generalize Indigenous and assimilate them into Western Society.

Question 15

Cultural Legislation

Answer 15

Cultural Rights - A government’s willingness to adopt and implement principles to protect and foster its country’s cultural expression

Question 16

Potlach

Answer 16

ceremonial distribution to affirm social statuses.

• was banned b/c it prevented the assimilation of Indigenous people

Question 17

Imposing Liberalism

Answer 17

Force of liberalism onto other groups

Question 18

Humanitarianism

Answer 18

Idea that all humans deserve respect.

Work towards advancing human welfare as a whole

Question 19

Reasons for Imposing Liberalism

Answer 19

Humanitarianism and Self- Interest

Question 20

Imposing Liberalism in Afghanistan

Answer 20

Failed liberal intervention b/c societal values were incompatible with democratic

Question 21

Indigenous Collective Thought

Answer 21

Valuing the group over an individual
-Collectivism

Question 22

Afghanistan during the Cold War

Answer 22

Afghanistan was neutral

Question 23

War Measures Act

Answer 23

gives government power to maintain security and order during war, invasion or insurrection. takes away the rights and freedoms of citizens to maintain order.

Question 24

RCMP

Answer 24

(Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
enforces federal law