Unit 7: The Global Cold War And China's Communist Revolution

Question 1

Iron Curtain

Answer 1

1948; Europe divided by communism

Question 2

Containment

Answer 2

Prevent communism from spreading to any more nations

Question 3

United Nations

Answer 3

• 50 nations
• an international peace-keeping organization
• to avoid the weakness of the nations

Question 4

The Berlin Wall

Answer 4

• Symbol of the cold war division of Europe

- destroyed in 1989

Question 5

Marshall Plan

Answer 5

• Massive US economic assistance to nations of W. Europe

- discourage communism and encourage capitalism

Question 6

Jiang Jieshi

Answer 6

• Nationalist leader of China

- Joined the Allies and participated in the founding of the UN

Question 7

Mao Zedong

Answer 7

• CCP (communist) leader

- gained more support especially in the rural areas

Question 8

Great Leap Forward

Answer 8

1958; unsuccessful effort to boost both agricultural and industrial output

Question 9

Cultural Revolution

Answer 9

1960; social and political movement that eliminated political opposition, disrupted education and the economy

Question 10

Deng Xiaoping

Answer 10

1976; took control after a power struggle of Mao

Question 11

Four Moderations

Answer 11

Deng Xiaoping introduced incentives such as private farming plots to encourage production

Question 12

Tiediman Square

Answer 12

1989; student protests favoring a more democratic system were tolerated for a few weeks, but crushed by military

Question 13

Third World

Answer 13

Countries not identified with either non-communist or communism

Question 14

Non- Aligned Movement

Answer 14

• Led by India, refusal to side exclusively with either superpower in the Cold war

Question 15

Kim IL Sung

Answer 15

Leader of communist dictatorship in North Korea

Question 16

Kim Dae Jung

Answer 16

• former political prisoner

- received a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to reunite the two Koreas

Question 17

Domino Theory

Answer 17

Idea that, if allowed to spread, communism would spread across nations of Asia like falling dominoes

Question 18

Ho Chi Man

Answer 18

• Nationalist leader
• Fought French imperialism in Indochina
• Formed the Viet Minh (revolutionary army; communism)

Question 19

French Indochina

Answer 19

1945-1954; after the defeat of Japan, France tried to regain its colony

Question 20

Dien Bien Phu

Answer 20

Major defeat for French forces by Viet Minh and France wanted out of Vietnam

Question 21

Vietcong

Answer 21

South Vietnamese communists

Question 22

Fidel Castro

Answer 22

1959; Cuban revolutionary leader

Question 23

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Answer 23

1961; CIA trained Cuban exiles unsuccessfully attemtped to overthrow Castro’s government

Question 24

Missile Crisis

Answer 24

1962; USSR began construction of missile launches in Cuba

Question 25

Cold War

Answer 25

Tensions between communism and non-communism