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The Cold War

The Cold War. Exam-Review Notes Chapter #15. Matching. Domino theory Ngo Dinh Diem Ho Chi Minh Cuban Missile Crisis Superpowers Fidel Castro Anti-ballistic missilles Détente Nikita Khrushchev Welfare state. Multiple Choice.

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The Cold War

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  1. The Cold War Exam-Review Notes Chapter #15

  2. Matching • Domino theory • Ngo Dinh Diem • Ho Chi Minh • Cuban Missile Crisis • Superpowers • Fidel Castro • Anti-ballistic missilles • Détente • Nikita Khrushchev • Welfare state

  3. Multiple Choice • What aspect of the Cold War arms race made it so terrifying? • What was a change that took place during the Cuban Revolution? • A “red scare” was the fear of… • A major goal of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was to… • After WWII, the U.S. offered assistance to war-torn European nations through which of the following? • The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution were social reform programs led by which leader? • What happened to the defeated Chinese nationalists? • What was a result of Gorbachev’s perestroika? • The East German government responded to Gorbachev’s call for change by…

  4. During the Korean War, which nation poured hundreds of thousands of soldiers to help North Korea? • Which alliance was dedicated to the security of communist nations in Europe during the Cold War? • The purpose of the SALT talks and the START treaty was… • The American strategy under détente was to… • The movement of Americans from cities to communities outside an urban core is known as… • What agency helped spur economic growth across Western Europe by eliminating tariffs? • What kind of government did Japan adopt after WWII? • Why did the U.S. establish diplomatic relations with China in the 1970s? • Mao Zedong created agricultural communes to… • When the North Koreans overran South Korea in the summer of 1950, United Nations forces stopped their advance at… • What was the main goal of the Viet Cong?

  5. During the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive… • The Khmer Rouge was responsible for… • What conflict was called the Soviet Union’s “Vietnam”? • In 1992, the Slovaks and Czechs split Czechoslovakia into separate nations… • After the Soviet Union split up and communism was defeated in Eastern Europe, China accelerated its embrace of…

  6. Short Essay • During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other indirectly by supporting opposite sides in local conflicts. (a) Why did the superpowers confront each other each other indirectly? (b) Explain how the Cuban situation in the late 1950s and early 1960s was an example of this type of indirect conflict? • Explain how public opinion in the United States influenced the decisions of presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon concerning the Vietnam War?

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