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A.P. European History The Cold War Era

A.P. European History The Cold War Era. The Cold War Era. Containment And Conflict. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. The Cold War Heats Up. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. Decolonization. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. The Soviet Union. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. Eastern Europe. 100.

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A.P. European History The Cold War Era

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  1. A.P. European History The Cold War Era

  2. The Cold War Era Containment And Conflict 100 200 300 400 500 The Cold War Heats Up 100 200 300 400 500 Decolonization 100 200 300 400 500 The Soviet Union 100 200 300 400 500 Eastern Europe 100 200 300 400 500

  3. What were Turkey and Greece? MAIN These were the two countries that Truman asked congress to support in resisting Communism in 1947. SUBJECT: Containment and Conflict 500 400 300 200 100

  4. Who was Vyacheslav Molotov? He was Stalin’s foreign minister who spoke publicly in 1946 that the western democracies were the enemies of the Soviet Union. MAIN SUBJECT: Containment and Conflict 500 400 300 200 100

  5. What was the Truman Doctrine? This was the speech and ultimately the policy of the United States which proposed the idea of containing the spread of Communism and containment. MAIN SUBJECT: Containment and Conflict 500 400 300 200 100

  6. What was the Berlin Blockade and airlift ? MAIN This was the city that the Soviet Union sought to seal off and isolate from the western world in February 1948. SUBJECT: Containment and Conflict 500 400 300 200 100

  7. What was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Council of Mutual Assistance and later in 1955 became the Warsaw Pact? MAIN These were the two opposing military alliances that formed in 1949 and marked an escalation of the Cold War. SUBJECT: Containment and Conflict 500 400 300 200 100

  8. What was the Balfour Declaration? MAIN This was the British promise that favored the establishment of a Jewish homeland, unfortunately they also promised Arabs from Palestine their own homeland. SUBJECT:The Cold War Heats Up 500 400 300 200 100

  9. MAIN What was the Korean War? This was the conflict that broke out in June, 1950 and forced the United Nations and the United States to intervene and stop the aggression of Communist troops. SUBJECT:The Cold War Heats Up 500 400 300 200 100

  10. Who was Gamal Abdel Nasser? MAIN He took control of the Suez Canal in 1956 and declared war on Israel, which France and Great Britain used as an excuse to invade Egypt. SUBJECT:The Cold War Heats Up 500 400 300 200 100

  11. What was the “Cuban Missile Crisis” of 1962. MAIN This was the event in 1962 that marked the closest the world has come to all out Nuclear War between the Soviet Union and the United States. SUBJECT:The Cold War Heats Up 500 400 300 200 100

  12. What was the Berlin Wall? MAIN This was the structure built by the Soviet Union that became the symbol of the Cold war in 1961 and halted the flow of refugees from the Communist east. SUBJECT:The Cold War Heats Up 500 400 300 200 100

  13. What was Indonesia? MAIN This was the area that the Dutch were forced to abandon in 1949 and the nation that was created when they left. 500 SUBJECT: Decolonization 400 300 200 100

  14. What was Angola and Mozambique? These were the two countries in Africa that the Portuguese finally abandoned in 1974 and 1975, and left in a state of political conflict. MAIN 500 SUBJECT: Decolonization 400 300 200 100

  15. What was the French – Algerian War ? MAIN This was the war that lasted from 1945 until 1962 and eventually ends the Fourth Republic of France and brings Charles de Gaulle to power. 500 SUBJECT: Decolonization 400 300 200 100

  16. What were Cyprus in 1960 and Malta in 1964? MAIN These were the two Mediterranean Islands that were once part of the British Empire that demanded independence after World War II. 500 SUBJECT: Decolonization 400 300 200 100

  17. Who were Mohandis Gandhi and the Indian National Congress, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League in 1947 ? These were the leaders and political parties that led independence movements against the British after World War II. MAIN 500 SUBJECT: Decolonization 400 300 200 100

  18. Who was Nikita Khrushchev? MAIN He was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis and succeeded Joseph Stalin. 500 400 300 SUBJECT: The Soviet Union 200 100

  19. What was Hungary and Imre Nagy who was executed in 1958? MAIN This was the country that revolted from Soviet control in 1956 after being offered U.S. support only to be abandoned and left to Soviet retaliation. 500 400 300 SUBJECT: The Soviet Union 200 100

  20. What was Sputnik? MAIN This was the space satellite that was launched by the Soviet Union and seemed to show the technological advancement of the communist system. 500 400 300 SUBJECT: The Soviet Union 200 100

  21. Who was Leonid Brezhnev and the Brezhnev Doctrine? MAIN He was the leader of the Soviet Union who replaced Khrushchev in 1964 and declared the right to interfere in the domestic politics of other communist countries. 500 400 300 SUBJECT: The Soviet Union 200 100

  22. Who was Andrei Sakharov and his wife Yelena Bonner who were both jailed ? MAIN He was the Soviet scientist who developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975 and criticized the government which retaliated by having him committed to a mental institution. 500 400 300 SUBJECT: The Soviet Union 200 100

  23. Who was Slobodan Milosevic who died in prison in 2006 ? MAIN He was the Serb leader who initiated ethnic cleansing of Muslims and Croats in Serbia and by forced attempted to maintain a unified Yugoslavia. 500 400 300 SUBJECT: Eastern Europe 200 100

  24. What was the Prague Spring? MAIN This was the name given to the Czechoslovakian autonomy movement in 1968 led by Alexander Dubcek and quickly suppressed by the Soviet Union. 500 400 300 SUBJECT: Eastern Europe 200 100

  25. Who was Lech Walesa and Poland? MAIN This was the country and leader who led the Solidarity Movement which helped bring about the collapse of the Soviet Union from the city and shipyards of Gdansk. 500 400 300 SUBJECT: Eastern Europe 200 100

  26. What was Romania, both him and his wife were executed on Romanian television? This was the eastern European country where violence erupted when the leader Nicolae Ceausescu had soldiers fire on protesting crowds. MAIN 500 400 300 SUBJECT: Eastern Europe 200 100

  27. Who was Mikhail Gorbachev, who was replaced by Boris Yeltsin in 1992? MAIN He was the leader of the Soviet Union when it unraveled in 1991 and was almost deposed in a conservative coup in August of 1991. 500 400 300 SUBJECT: Eastern Europe 200 100

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