East-West The Cold War

1. East-West The Cold War sources

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3. This leader preceded Fidel Castro as leader of Cuba?

4. Fulgencio Batista President of Cuba (1940 - 1944, 1952 - 1959). Back to Game Board

5. Approximately how many people lost their lives during the reign of Stalin?

6. Some sources have suggested up to 20 million people disappeared. Back to Game Board

7. What does NATO stand for?

8. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1949 Back to Game Board

9. When was the Korean War?

10. 1950-53 Back to Game Board

11. These two historic American agreements helped the United States President John F. Kennedy form policy in regards to Cuba. Hint: The second one helped to establish a U.S, naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

12. The Monroe Doctrine 1823 Platt Amendment 1901 Back to Game

13. September 10,1939 Back to Game

14. When did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?

15. October 1962 Back to Game

16. South Korea was supported by this international organization?

17. The United Nations Back to Game

18. The American General in charge during the initial stages of the Korean War?

19. Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense, General Douglas MacArthur and General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff salute the Colors during a review held at the Palace Plaza, Tokyo, Japan, June 19, 1950, in Honor of Mr. Johnson. Photograph: U.S. Army - Sergeant TurnbullSource: Truman Library General Douglas MacArthur Back to Game

20. What are the capital cities of North and South Korea?

21. Seoul, South Korea Pyongyang, North Korea Back to Game

22. What does ABM stand for?

23. Anti-Ballistic Missile

24. 'Just a little bit down and the rest of your life to pay. Why, friend, you can't afford not to own one!' March 11, 1969This cartoon used two of Bill Sanders' favourite characters, John Q. Public and a fast-talking salesman in a plaid sports coat, to represent the debate in Congress over the Sentinel Antiballistic Missile System. First proposed during the Johnson Administration, the system would deploy antiballistic missiles (ABMs) to protect the nation's intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) from attack as well as protect several large urban areas. Emphasizing its "defensive" purpose, the Nixon Administration announced plans to add ABMs to two Minuteman Missile bases in Montana and North Dakota and to eventually construct ten other ABM sites around the country. The opposition in Congress was two-fold. Several senators, particularly Senator John Sherman Cooper (R-Kentucky), were concerned that the system would escalate the arms race and perhaps violate a pending nuclear weapons treaty. Others felt the estimated cost of $6 to $7 billion dollars over the life of the program would siphon away money urgently needed for domestic programs. The Congress ultimately approved President Nixon's request for funding. Back to Game

25. What is an ICBM?

26. Inter Continental Ballistic Missile Back to Game

27. When and why was the first atomic bomb dropped?

28. On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. Some of the reasons given for it’s use were to end the Second World War for the United States in Japan, and to limit the number of American casualties in bringing the war to a close. Back to Game

29. Approximately how many languages are spoken in Canada?

30. Los Alamos (USA) and Kazakhstan (USSR) Back to Game First Lightning – The first Soviet nuclear test .

31. This Canadian town has high rates of cancer as a result of the open pit mining of uranium.

32. Uranium City, Saskatchewan Back to Game

33. This anti-communist led the American House Un-American Activities Committee during the late 1940’s?

34. Senator Joseph McCarthy • Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician of the Republican Party. McCarthy served as a U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Wisconsin from 1947 to 1957. During his ten years in the Senate, McCarthy and his staff members became notorious for aggressive accusations against suspected Communists in the U.S. government during what came to be known as the Second Red Scare. His controversial actions resulted in the word "McCarthyism", which specifically described the intense anti-communist movement that occurred in America from around 1948 to the mid-1950s, when people in the media, in the motion picture industry, politics, the military and elsewhere suspected on disputed evidence of communist sympathies were subjected to what were regarded by many as aggressive witch-hunts. The term "McCarthyism" has since come to mean a government witch-hunt seeking to punish unapproved thoughts or political stances. Back to Game Source: McCarthyism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy

35. What are the following three acronyms ? • SDI • SLBM • DEW

36. Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) Sea Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Distant Early Warning (DEW) Back to Game

37. This was the location for American nuclear tests between 1946-50?

38. The Bikini Atoll / The Marshall Islands Back to Game

39. What does MIRV stand for?

40. Multiple Independent Re-Entry Vehicles (MIRV) Back to Game

41. Chiang Kai-shek retreated to this island in 1949 which China still views as a, “break away province”?

42. Taiwan Back to Game

43. People from this town still suffer from the adverse consequences of nuclear fallout?

44. Chernobyl (Ukraine) 1986 Back to Game

45. What do SALT I & II stand for?

46. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks 1972 & 1979 Back to Game

47. Comment on three significant facts in relation to the photograph below.

48. U2 planes flew at 70,000+ feet in altitude. • These planes were used for reconnaissance (intelligence gathering). • One U2 pilot was lost during the Cuban Missile Crisis. • These reconnaissance flights were drastically increased between August and October 1962. • This is a photograph of a mobile launch site being assembled on the island of Cuba for use with Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM’s). Back to Game

49. The Six Nations Confederacy Back to Game

50. What is the most heavily armed frontier in the world?