AP World History
RHS
Mrs. Osborn
Name_________________________________________ Per____ Date___________________________
PERIOD 6 (1900-Present)
Chapter 33 Reading Study Guide: “Cold War & Decolonization, 1945-1975”
(TEXT, Bulliet 2nd edition, pp. 827-853)
DIRECTIONS:
HONOR STATEMENT: On my honor, I understand that this is an individual assignment and is
to be completed entirely by myself. (Copying or ‘splitting’ the assignment with other students
will not prepare me for tests/essays in this course.)
A) Write answers on your OWN paper. Do the work on your own. You need to read.
B) Using 3x5 index cards, create study flash cards (term on one side, definition on the other
side w/chapter pg#) of the following key terms: Third World, Cold War, iron curtain,
nonaligned nations, United Nations, World Bank, Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuban Missile
Crisis, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Warsaw Pact, Cultural Revolution (China),
European Community, Helsinki Accords, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
C) Using complete sentences, answer the following questions. Page numbers provided.
1. Who coined the phrase “iron curtain”? p.831
2. Although the Soviet economy recovered rapidly after the Second World War, describe the
economy as the postwar period progressed. P.834-835
3. How did the Korean War end? P.836
4. Why did the Korean War remain limited to the Korean peninsula? P.836
5. Who was Ho Chi Minh? P.838
6. What marked the end of France’s colonial enterprise in Indochina (Vietnam)? P.836
7. What was the catalyst for the space race? P.839
8. What caused the many former colonies to be transformed into independent states? P.841
9. Pakistan defined itself according to what? p.841
10. Who was the Prime Minister of India and what was India like (think SPRITE/PERSIAN-I
categories) in comparison to Pakistan? P.841
11. Why did India and Pakistan go to war in 1947? P.841
12. Who was Sukarno and what are the Dutch East Indies called today? P.841
13. How was Algeria different from British India? P.842
14. When Algeria finally won independence from France in 1962, what happened to their
economy? P.842
15. What was the first British colony in West Africa to gain independence? P.843
16. After Britain had granted independence to West African nations in the 1960s, what stalled
that processed in Britain’s eastern and southern African colonies? p.843
17. What is apartheid? P.844
18. Which leader of the African National Congress (ANC) organized guerilla resistance in 1960?
P.844
19. Why did the United States overthrow the Guatemalan government in 1954? P.844
20. Describe at least 3 problems facing Mexico after the adoption of the 1917 Constitution. P.844
21. What caused the rebellion that led Batista to flee Cuba? P.844-845
22. What was the Bay of Pigs invasion? P.845
23. What happened to the U.S. corporation-owned property in Cuba? P.845
24. What was the Bandung Conference? P.846
25. Why did Israel, Great Britain, and France conspire to invade Egypt in 1956? P.846-847
26. After U.S. occupation of Japan ended in 1952, Japan was permitted virtually no military and
was isolated from major issues in the Cold War between the U.S. and USSR. As a result,
what did the Japanese focus on? P.847-848
27. What was the Great Leap Forward (1958) and did it work? P.848
28. Describe what the Red Guard units of the Cultural Revolution did. How did the Cultural
Revolution get “out of hand”? p.848
29. What was the Palestine Liberation Organization and who was its leader? p.849
30. The Arab-Israeli conflict became a vital issue in world politics when was discovered in the
Middle East? P.849
31. How did OPEC respond to the United States supporting Israel in the 1973 Egyptian-Israeli
War? p.849
32. What created a new awareness of environmental issues? P.850
D) Free Response Focus Questions: Answer EACH of these questions in a 4-6 sentence
paragraph.
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In your own words!!! Do not simply copy from the book and memorize the response. Know it.
You must support your response with plenty of facts!
Understand where events fall historically (global context, cause/effect, etc)
33. Describe the causes and onset of the Cold War. Discuss NATO, Warsaw Pact, Truman
Doctrine, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Korea etc.
34. Where were the origins and functions of the United Nations? Use the internet, newspaper, or
other resource to find articles about the UN and explain the issues currently being addressed in
the UN. Has the UN been an effective peace-keeping institution?
35. What were some of the internal problems of African colonies in their struggles for
independence?
36. Briefly discuss the origins of the Vietnam War. What two broad global contexts discussed in
this chapter are exemplified in the case of Vietnam?
37. How did the Cold war affect China and Japan?
38. Describe the economic and political struggle between Third World nations in Latin America
and the United States.
39. Describe the political situation in the Middle East after WWII, with particular emphasis on
the Arab-Israeli conflict (and the numerous military incursions it produced) and the region’s
production of oil.
FLIPPED VIDEOS & ART IMAGES  NEXT PAGE
E) FLIPPED VIDEOS: Watch the following short videos for this chapter:
- WHCC Cold War: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZfCUI
F) PERIOD SIX ART IMAGES (1900-Present) Related to Chapter 33.
Soup Can; by Andy Warhol, USA, c. 1960s.