BASIC Cold War
Organizations
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
People
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Fidel Castro
Harry Truman
Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Big Events
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1948-49 Berlin airlift
1948-52 Marshall Plan
1949-1989 Nuclear arms race
1951 Korean War
1956-75 Vietnam War
1961 Construction of Berlin Wall
1962 Cuban missile crisis
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
1989 Fall of Berlin Wall
Marshall Plan
• Rebuilt Europe
• Offered to
USSR … refused
Berlin Airlift
• Attempt by
Soviets to
choke off
East Berlin
Korean War
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North Korea invades south
UN force repels
Armistice at 38th parallel
Still tense place to this day…
Vietnam War
• French Indochina
• North Communist, south
non-communist (but
corrupt)
• US involvement gradual
– Heaviest late 60s early 70s
• Saigon falls 1975, all
Comunist
Berlin Wall Built
• 1961
• To keep
people fleeing
to west
• City of Berlin
Cuban Missile Crisis
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1962
Blockade
Standoff
“flea’s leg
width away
from nuclear
war”
Soviets invade Afghanistan
• Jimmy Carter to the Nation
• Russia long interested in
controlling this area
• Treaty signed with Russia,
1978
• Afghan government
repeatedly requested
Russian troops , spring and
summer of 1979.
– to provide security
– to assist in the fight against
the mujahideen rebels.
• “The Soviet Vietnam”
Fall of Berlin Wall
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK1Mwh
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Ideas
• The Soviet Union and the democracies in the
West competed for influence in the Middle
East because of its strategic location and
valuable resources.
• Containment
• Iron curtain
Cold War in Review
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZf
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REGENTS QUESTIONS
The organizations
represented on the map
were formed as a direct
result of
A. a need to improve
the economy of Europe by
limiting trade restrictions
B. environmental
concerns that resulted from
rapid industrialization
C. conflicts caused by
the Cold War
D. the collapse of the
Soviet Union
• Berlin airlift • Cuban missile crisis •
Nuclear arms race These events were
part of an era known as the
A. Age of Imperialism
B. Scientific Revolution
C. Enlightenment
D. Cold War
Which period of history is depicted in
this cartoon?
A. Industrial Revolution
B. Age of Enlightenment
C. Age of Imperialism
D. Cold War
This 1989 photograph symbolizes
the
A. end of the Cold War
B. importance of the Berlin airlift
C. creation of a divided Germany
D. fear of Nazism among
Germans
The main idea of this 1949
cartoon is that the United
Nations would
A. work to solve pollution
problems
B. meet only when world
crises erupted
C. bridge the gap between
world powers
D. prevent the Cold War
• Creation of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty
Organization) and the Warsaw Pact •
Construction of the Berlin Wall • Cuban missile
crisis These events are most closely associated
with
A. World War I
B. World War II
C. the Cold War
D. the Persian Gulf War
The destruction of the Berlin Wall and the
breakup of the Soviet Union signify the
A. end of the Cold War
B. collapse of the Taliban
C. strength of the Warsaw Pact
D. power of the European Union
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the
democracies in the West competed for
influence in the Middle East because of its
A. strategic location and valuable resources
B. vast fertile farmlands and rivers
C. large well-educated population
D. industrial potential
Which Cold War event occurred last?
A. Cuban missile crisis
B. Korean War
C. fall of the Berlin Wall
D. Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The term iron curtain refers to the
A. scars left on the land by the trenches of
World War I
B. no-fly zone in northern Iraq after the
Persian Gulf War
C. border established between India and
Pakistan after World War II
D. western boundary of Soviet domination
in Europe during the Cold
One way in which the Korean War and the
Vietnam War are similar is that both
A. resulted in unification of two formerly
independent nations
B. reflected the success of the Western
policy of containment
C. attempted to remove French imperialists
from power
D. developed from Cold War tensions
Which heading best completes the
partial outline?
A. Emerging Nations of the World
B. Results of the Cold War
C. Economic Benefits of World
War II
D. Ethnic Conflicts in the World
During most of the Cold War period, which two
nations were divided into communist and
noncommunist parts?
A. China and Mongolia
B. Vietnam and Korea
C. Pakistan and Ireland
D. Poland and Cuba
The political climate of the Cold War caused
the world’s two superpowers to
A. cooperate in halting the spread of
communism
B. colonize Africa and Asia
C. compete economically and militarily
D. protect human rights
All the events on the time line show
actions taken during the
A. policy of appeasement
B. decline of nationalism
C. Cold War
D. Green Revolution
The Truman Doctrine, Korean War, crisis in
Guatemala, and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
were all
A. reasons for the Industrial Revolution
B. examples of Japanese imperialism
C. events of the Cold War
D. causes of World War II
The conflict between Israel and the Arab
nations since 1948 was often considered part
of the Cold War primarily because
A. the policy of detente evolved from this
conflict
B. communist governments were
established in many Arab nations
C. the leadership of Joseph Stalin strongly
influenced the policies of Saddam Hussein
D. the United States supported Israel and
the Soviet Union supported several Arab
nations
Which communist nation is most closely
associated with the leadership of Ho Chi Minh
and the surrender of Saigon?
A. North Korea
B. Soviet Union
C. Vietnam
D. People’s Republic of China
One reason for the construction of the Berlin
Wall in 1961 was to
A. promote reunification of East Germany
and West Germany
B. keep East Germans from fleeing to the
Western sector of Berlin
C. complete the post–World War II
rebuilding of Berlin
D. meet the requirements of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The events in these headlines
contributed to the
A. development of peacetime
alliances
B. collapse of the Soviet Union
C. rejection of imperialism by
Western nations
D. tensions between the
superpowers
Which event illustrates the policy of
containment?
A. Nuremberg trials (1945–1946)
B. Hungarian revolt (1956)
C. launching of Sputnik (1957)
D. naval blockade of Cuba (1962)
One similarity between the Korean War and
the Vietnam War is that both wars were
A. resolved through the diplomatic efforts
of the United Nations
B. fought as a result of differing political
ideologies during the Cold War
C. fought without foreign influence or
assistance
D. caused by religious conflicts
Which United States foreign policy was used to
maintain the independence of Greece and
Turkey after World War II?
A. containment
B. nonalignment
C. neutrality
D. militarism
Although Cuba has lost support from many
nations, one reason Fidel Castro has remained
in power is that he has
A. established free trade with the United
States
B. opposed communism
C. prohibited the practice of Catholicism
D. raised the standard of living for many
Cubans