cold war

•berlin airlift •cuban missile crisis •nuclear arms race. These events were part of an era known as the

Cold War

the political ideas of Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot were strongly influenced by the writings of

Karl Max

. . The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence . . . will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the . . . area. . . . Which organization includes this statement in its charter?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

which communist nation is most closely associated with the leadership of Ho Chi Minh and the surrender of Saignon?

Vietnam

during most of the Cold War period, which two nations were divided into communist and noncommunist parts?

Vietnam and Korea

in 1968, the area east of the bold black boundary included members of the

Warsaw Pact

...The only way to go was up. And, on June 26, 1948, planes from all over the world were employed to begin an airlift to fly needed food and supplies to the Berliners. The Soviets attempted to frighten away the Allied planes. One Soviet plane, trying to tighten the blockade, fired on a British plane as it attempted to land in Berlin. Both planes crashed, killing all aboard. But the airlift continued. . . . The events described in this passage occurred soon after

World War 11

•French intent to recolonize Indo-China after World War 11 •US desire to prevent the spread of communism •US support for the French in Southeast Asia. These ideas are most closely associated with the

causes of the conflict in Vietnam

the political climate of the Cold War caused the world's two superpowers to

complete economically and militarily

which united states foreign policy was used to maintain the independence of Greece and Turkey after World War 11

containment

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was initially formed to

defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression

one way in which korean war and the vietnam war are similar is that both

developed from Cold War tensions

the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union signify the

end of the Cold War

this 1989 photograph symbolizes the

end of the Cold War

the Truman Doctrine, Korean War, crisis in Guatemala, and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan were all

events of the Cold War

one similarity of the revolutions led by Fidel Castro in Cuba and by the Sandinistas in Nicaragua is that both

followed Marxist principles

one similarity between the Korean War and the Vietnam War is that both wars were

fought as a result of differing political political ideologies during the Cold War

the marshall plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing

funds for economic recovery in war-torn

one reason for the construction of the berlin wall in 1961 was to

keep east germans from fleeing to the western sector of berlin

one similarity in the actions of Ho Chi Minh and Jomo Kenyatta was that both leaders

led nationalist movements

which event illustrates the policy of containment

naval blockade of Cuba (1962)

the purpose of the marshall plan was to

provide for the economic recovery in Western Europe

although Cuba has lost support from many nations, one reason Fidel Castro has remained in power is that he

raised the standard of living for many Cubans

the purpose of the Marshall Plan after World War 11 was to

rebuild national economies to stabilize governments

in 1968, the areas labeled Estonian SSR, 37 Belorussian SSR, and Moldavian SSR referred to

republics that were prt of the Soviet Union

"korea divided at 38th parallel" "hungarian revolution crushed" "missile sites spotted in cuba" the events in these headlines contributed to the

tensions between the superpowers

one way in which Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, and Kim Jong 11 are similar is that each

used Marxist political principles

The term iron curtain refers to

western boundary of Soviet domination in Europe during the Cold War