Unit 8 - I

Question 1

Cold War definition

Answer 1

A state of hostility that exists between two states chiefly characterized by an ideological struggle rather than open warfare

Question 2

Economic advantages (U.S.)

Answer 2

Large industrial force during WWII
Almost no consequences of the war

Question 3

Economic Advantages (USSR)

Answer 3

Enormous territory —> natural resources
Large population
Investment in industry before WWII

Question 4

Marshall Plan

Answer 4

U.S. Send over $13 billion in aid
Helped war-torn nations
Helped countries have their own economic revival

Question 5

Arms race

Answer 5

Between U.S. and USSR
Competition of who could build bigger and more destructive bombs

Question 6

Communist party

Answer 6

(CCP)
supported by peasantry
Led by Mao Zedong

Question 7

Nationalist party

Answer 7

KMT
supported by middle/upper class and warlords
Led by Jiang Jieshi

Question 8

Chinese civil war

Answer 8

immediately after the second Sino-Japanese war
Never formally ended
Proxy War (U.S. + USSR)
1945-49

Question 9

Collectivization of agriculture in China:

Answer 9

relatively peaceful process compared to USSR
peasants has trust in the communist party

Question 10

Great Leap Forward

Answer 10

Second five year plan
economic plan to rapidly industrialize China through the development of heavy industry
Small-scale industrialization in rural areas
Bad harvest —> starvation of 20-50 million people