World Hisyroy Test -9 Flashcards

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What nation did the UN create

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A Jewish nation called Israel which caused many wars

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2
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Did the US help Japan rebuild

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Yes they did

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3
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Who were the superpowers

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The United States and the Soviet union

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4
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What is a Cold War

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A war of ideologies and no direct aggression

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5
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A proxy war

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A war instigated by a major power which does not itself become involved

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6
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Hotspot

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A place of significant activity or danger

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7
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Who created the worlds first communist government

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Lenin who led the bolsheviks

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8
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When did districts begin

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When the US sent troops to the red army

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9
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What did the Us view Stalin as after WWII

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A new hitler

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10
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What was the manhattan project

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Gave the US monopoly on nuclear weapons

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11
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What was the iron curtain

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Europe was divided into two that separated the democrats from communists

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12
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What did the US use to stop the spread of communism

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Containment

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13
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What was the Truman doctrine

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The US promising any help to those that were being threatened by communism

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14
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What was the Marshall plan

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Offered 13 billions dollars to help rebuild Europe

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15
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What organization the US form

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NATO

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16
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What did the Soviet Union create organization

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The Warsaw pact

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17
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What did Stalin want to happen to Berlin and what did he do

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He wanted Berlin to be all communist so he blockaded it

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18
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What was the Berlin airlift

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Planes flew over Berlin to have it supplies

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19
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What is espionage

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Spying

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20
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Why did the UN never work

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They were always internal problems with the countries within

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21
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Generally assembly

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One vote for each country apart of the UN

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22
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Security council

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Issues that are being voted on can be vetoed or the use of military force may come in

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23
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What were the main goals of the UN

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Promote human rights, to protect all refugees, peace keeping

24
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What could the UN not help with

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The rising tensions of the Cold War

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When was the Cold War solidified
When church hill states that Europe had a iron curtain going through it
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What were satellites
Small states that were dependent on larger countries
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Who was George Kennan
A spy like man to ensure that Russia was not expanding
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What did others think of containment
They thought it was to lenient and they wanted something more aggressive
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What was Dardanelles
A straight from the Black Sea and the Mediterranean
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What did the Soviet’s create to help rebuild Eastern Europe
COMECON
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What was Sputnik
A satellite the was launched by the Soviet Union and sparked a space battle
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Member of NATO
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, US
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Warsaw pact members
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, east germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Soviet Union
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Members of the Southeast Asia treaty
Australia, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, US
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Members of the central treaty organization
Great Britain, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and turkey
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What was the non aligned movement
Countries started rioting because they ended up being parts of wars that they wanted to be neutral in
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What was the five year plan
The Soviet Union made a five year plan with China to ensure the growth of China as it was getting use to a new form of government
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Who was the leader of China communist party
Zao Zedong
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What was the Great Leap Forward
Took peasant lands and then made them become controlled by the state
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What was the cultural revolution
To silence critics and other smart people
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What did deng xiaoping
Made the communes back to the land of the peasants
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What happened in tiananmen
A protest took place that killed many kids
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Why did the Soviet Union not know the UN was supporting South Korea
Because they didn’t attend the vote for it
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Poland after war
They hated living conditions so they left Soviet Union
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Hungary after Cold War
Hungary wanted to separate from ussr
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Czechoslovakia
They wanted freedom of speech and other types of liberty
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What did Western Europe sign to be more unified
The Rome treaty
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What dynasty was before the republic of China
Manchu
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What did Mao Zedong want to do
End inequality for the peasants
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What did mao say
Whoever wins the peasants wins China
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Who was the nationalist leader is China
Chiang kai-shek
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Glasnost
Freedom of speech
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Perestroika
Economic restructuring
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Detente
A lessening of tensions
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Salt I
Freeze the number of ballistic missile launcher
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Salt II
Sought to reduce the manufacture of nuclear weapons,