Chapter 17: Study Guide
Chapter 17: Study Guide
Directions – Define the terms and answer the questions to the best of your ability
Directions – Define the terms and answer the questions to the best of your ability
Vocabulary:
Berlin Airlift
Containment
Domino Theory
NATO
United Nations
Vietnamization
Vocabulary:
Brinkmanship
Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Détente
Guerilla Warfare
Mao Zedong
The Marshall Plan
The Warsaw Pact
Strategic Defensive Initiative (SDI)
Questions:
1. What were the goals of Mao’s Communist Youth Organization (the
Red Guard)?
2. What area did Mao and the Communist forces occupy?
3. Who fought in the Vietnam War?
4. What was the “Space Race?” What country launched the first
satellite into space? That was the name of the satellite?
5. Who were the “Big Three” at the Yalta conference?
6. Where was Korea split?
7. What caused the Cold War?
8. What countries occupied Berlin after WWII?
9. The UN sent troops to South Korea, who lead these troops?
10. What countries make up Indochina?
11. What is the name of Ho Chi Minh’s military group?
12. Who was the U.S.S.R. leader after Stalin?
13. Why did the Soviets invade Afghanistan?
14. What country were 60 Americans held hostage for 444 days?
Short Answer:
A.
Explain the term “Cold War”. Which countries were involved and
how long did it last?
B. What were the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs?
C. How did the Korean War and Vietnam War impact the Cold War?
Berlin Airlift
Containment
Domino Theory
NATO
United Nations
Vietnamization
Brinkmanship
Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Détente
Guerilla Warfare
Mao Zedong
The Marshall Plan
The Warsaw Pact
Strategic Defensive Initiative (SDI)
Questions:
1. What were the goals of Mao’s Communist Youth Organization (the
Red Guard)?
2. What area did Mao and the Communist forces occupy?
3. Who fought in the Vietnam War?
4. What was the “Space Race?” What country launched the first
satellite into space? That was the name of the satellite?
5. Who were the “Big Three” at the Yalta conference?
6. Where was Korea split?
7. What caused the Cold War?
8. What countries occupied Berlin after WWII?
9. The UN sent troops to South Korea, who lead these troops?
10. What countries make up Indochina?
11. What is the name of Ho Chi Minh’s military group?
12. Who was the U.S.S.R. leader after Stalin?
13. Why did the Soviets invade Afghanistan?
14. What country were 60 Americans held hostage for 444 days?
Short Answer:
A.
Explain the term “Cold War”. Which countries were involved and
how long did it last?
B. What were the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs?
How did the Korean War and Vietnam War impact the Cold War?