World History unit 5 review – Flashcards
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A state of military and political tension that stops short of full scale war.
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Cold War
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A policy adopted by Truman to stop the spread of Communism.
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containment
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A social, economic, and military barrier between Soviet bloc countries and Western Europe after World War II.
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Iron Curtain
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Nations that are politically controlled by another country.
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satellites
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During the cold war these were the U.S. and the former U.S.S.R.
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superpowers
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a policy adopted by Truman to stop the spread of Communism
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containment
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the U.S. and the former U.S.S.R. during the cold war,
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superpowers
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nations that are politically controlled by another country
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satellites
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a state of military and political tension that stops short of full scale war
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Cold War
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a social, economic, and military barrier between Soviet bloc countries and Western Europe after World War II
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Iron Curtain
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What are the two historical events, including dates, that could be used to mark the end of the Cold War?
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The breakup of the Soviet Union, 1991 The fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, 1989
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Describe America's policy of containment.
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They wanted to stop communism from spreading to other countries.
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Who were the primary antagonists during the Cold War?
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United States Soviet Union
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The Soviet Union set up Communist governments in all of the following EXCEPT:
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Italy
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True or False? The U.S. expected that a period of post-war cooperation with the Soviets could be used to convince them to leave Eastern Europe.
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True
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An alliance formed in 1949 by the nations of the United States, Canada, Iceland, Norway, Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece, and Turkey. The alliance was originally formed for mutual defense against Soviet attack. (Called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
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NATO
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An alliance between the former U.S.S.R. and its satellite countries.
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Warsaw Pact
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_____ is an alliance that existed for mutual defense against Soviet attack.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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The what Pact was an alliance between the former U.S.S.R. and its satellite countries.
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Warsaw
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True or False? The UN has its own army to enforce its decisions.
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False
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True or False? Both the Soviets and the U.S. had the power to veto any UN resolution.
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True
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True or False? The General Assembly has oversight of territories under UN protection.
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False
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True or False? The Security Council attempts to keep peace in the world.
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True
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The U.S. feared that Communist China would ally itself with _____.
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the Soviet Union
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The United States gave substantial aid to Europe after World War II under the _____.
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Marshall Plan
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The two parties that fought in China's civil war were the:
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Nationalists Communists
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A wall that separated East and West Germany during the cold war and was dismantled in 1989.
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Berlin Wall
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A certain location where military forces, activity, and installations have been removed.
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Demilitarized Zone
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Missiles, usually nuclear, that have the capability of traveling from one continent to another.
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Intercontinental ballistic missiles
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The return of prisoners of war to their own countries.
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repatriation
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Pertaining to atomic weapons based on fusion rather than those based on fission.
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thermonuclear
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have the capability of traveling from one continent to another
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Intercontinental ballistic missiles
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atomic weapons based on fusion rather than those based on fission
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thermonuclear
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location where military forces, activity, and installations have been removed
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Demilitarized Zone
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the return of prisoners of war to their own countries
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repatriation
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separated East and West Germany during the cold war; was dismantled in 1989.
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Berlin Wall
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True or False? Douglas MacArthur was fired as commander of the armed forces in Korea because he publicly opposed the decision of President Truman.
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True
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In 1949, the first nuclear bomb was exploded by the what?
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soviets
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In response to the Berlin blockade, the Allies began the _____, nicknamed "Operation Vittles," which landed a plane in Berlin every three minutes.
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Berlin Airlift
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The Korean War accomplished the U.S. policy of what .
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containment
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True or False? The U.S. Congress declared war on North Korea shortly after the invasion of South Korea began.
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False
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True or False? Relationships between the Americans and the Soviets deteriorated in 1960 because of the U-2 incident, in which an American spy plane was shot own over the Soviet Union.
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True
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What three nations attacked Egypt in 1956, in order to recover the Suez Canal?
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England France Israel
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True or False? The U.S. blockade of Cuba was to prevent the delivery of nuclear missiles from the Soviet Union.
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True
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Who made the World's first man-made satellite?
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Sputnik
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Who Seized the Suez Canal?
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Nasser
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Who was A more cautious Soviet leader
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Krushchev
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Who Ordered the blockade of Cuba
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Kennedy
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Who Made Cuba Communist
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Castro
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The easing of tensions or strained relations, especially between nations.
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detente
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Involuntary selection of people to join the armed services.
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draft
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Pertaining specifically to a place or people.
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endemic
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Who was South Vietnamese Communists
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Viet Cong
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Who was Vietnamese communist leader
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Ho Chi Minh
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Who began the Began policy of Vietnamization
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Nixon
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Who Asked Congress to support wider American involvement
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Johnson
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Who was a Corrupt South Vietnamese leader
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Ngo Dihn Diem
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The _____ Resolution was passed by Congress in 1964 and allowed the President to expand American involvement in Vietnam.
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Gulf of Tonkin
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True or False? The American Congress refused to send aid to South Vietnam as it was invaded in 1975.
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true
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The _____ was a well coordinated, large scale Viet Cong attack that began during the Vietnamese New
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Tet Offensive
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The first free trade union in a Communist country was Poland's _____ movement.
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Solidarity
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As the U.S. made overtures toward what in the early 1970s, they ceased to recognize the legitimacy of what government.
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China Taiwan's
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The Soviets invadedwhat to support a Communist coup of the existing what government.
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Afghanistan Muslim
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The United States responded to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by what the 1980 what in Moscow.
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boycotting Olympics
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The term Detente refers to:
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a period of better relations between the super powers in the 1970s
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True or False? SALT I was a treaty that limited the nuclear weapons of the superpowers.
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True
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The quality of being self-governing
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autonomy
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To rid a political party or group of people of undesirable members.
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purge
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Vaclav Havel led the transition government in:
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Czechoslovakia
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Which of the following split into five nations after the fall of Communism?
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Yugoslavia
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The event that marks the end of Communism in Eastern Europe was:
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The destruction of the Berlin Wall
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True or False? Hungary continues to look at the leaders of their 1956 revolt as criminals.
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False
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True or False? The United States was cautious about believing Gorbachev's reforms were permanent.
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True
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True or False? Albania was an unusually prosperous Communist nation that suffered no substantial population loss when its borders were opened.
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false
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True or False? East and West Germany began negotiations to reunite, but had not come to terms by the mid-1990s.
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False
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Who was the elected president of Russia who led the resistance to the Communist coup in 1991?
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Yeltsin
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True or False? The 1991 communist coup attempt failed because it lacked the support of the people and most of the army.
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True
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Eleven of the original fifteen republics of the Soviet Union formed what in 1991.
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the Commonwealth of Independent States
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What Soviet leader, began the Cold War
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Joseph Stalin
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Who was the Chinese Communist leader
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Mao Zedong
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Who was the Cuban Communist leader
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Fidel Castro
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Who was the Vietnamese Communist leader
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Ho Chi Minh
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Who was the leader of Solidarity
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Lech Walesa
