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Homework 9-18: Cold War-End of Imperialism
Directions: Using your notes and your knowledge of Global History, answer the following questions on a separate piece of
paper. Answers must be in complete sentences, and must be either typed or written in blue or black ink.
1. Define the term Cold War.
2. Why was the Cold War so “cold?”
3. Why did the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as "super powers" after WWII?
4. How was the “war “fought in many different areas?
5. Define the policy of contentment.
6. Compare the Marshall Plan to the Truman Doctrine.
7. Define the term collective security. Identify the two alliance systems set up during the Cold War.
8. Describe two ways the USA and the USSR “fought” against each other during the Cold War?
9. Identify two ways that the Cold War affected the city of Berlin.
10. What were the causes of the Korean War?
11. How did the Korean War end? What’s the status of the two countries today?
12. Identify three North Korean leaders that have impacted both their country and the world during the reign as Supreme leader.
13. How were the Korean and Vietnam Wars both different and similar?
14. Identify Ho Chi Minh.
15. What was the impact of the Vietnam War?
16. How was Cuba influenced by the USA prior to their revolution?
17. Identify Fidel Castro.
18. Why did the Cuban Revolution occur? Who supported the communist?
19. Describe one failure of the United States in Cuba since 1959.
20. Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis such a turning point in the history of the world? Explain your answer.
20. Describe two positives and negatives of English imperialism in India (REVIEW)
22. Identify the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League. Why did the Muslim league split from the INC?
23. Describe two major events that were viewed as turning points in Indian Nationalism.
24. Who was Mohandas Gandhi?
25. Define civil disobedience. Identify two ways Gandhi used this technique in India’s struggle to gain independence.
26. What was the impact of both World War I and World War II on the struggle for India to gain independence?
27. Why was India partitioned by the British in 1947?
28. Why did violence break out between India and Pakistan after the Partition?
29. Who was Jawaharlal Nehru? What was his impact of on India?
30. What is the policy of non-alignment? Why did Nehru choose this policy?
31. Describe the Green Revolution.
32. Why is Kashmir such a “hot spot” in the world today?
33. What’s the major issues regarding both India and Pakistan today?
34. Who was Sun Yat Sen? What changes did he make to China?
35. What problems did the Nationalist government face almost immediately in China after the Revolution of 1911?
36. Identify Jiang Jieshi.
37. Identify Mao Zedong
38. What was the Long March? How did this affect Mao’s leadership?
39. Describe two similarities between the Russian and Chinese revolutions.
40. Describe three reasons why the Chinese people supported the Communist during the Chinese Civil War.
41. Describe three impacts of the Chinese Civil War on China.
42. What happened to the Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists after the Chinese Civil War?
43. What was the purpose of Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward? Was it successful?
44. Why did Mao initiate the Cultural Revolution? Who were the “Red Guards” and what were the “Little Red Books?”
45. Identify Deng Xiaoping. How was he different than Mao?
46. How did China’s economy change during the leadership of Deng?
47. What occurred at Tiananmen Square? Why did this occur?
48. What is China’s balance of trade with much of the world today? How has this changed over the last 100 years?
49. How is the United States conflicted with its trading policy in China?
50. What is the status of China as a world power today?