The Cold War

Indira Gandhi

a. Prime Minister of India, assassinated by Sikh bodyguards

Third World

a. developing nations who were not aligned with either superpower during the Cold War

Which letter identifies the area where indigenous, colonial and constitutional decolonization occurred?

a.A

Which letter identifies the area where the nation of Israel was created in 1948?

b. B

One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to:

b. keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin

General Douglas MacArthur

b. leader in charge of the rebuilding of Japan after World War II and the original commander of the UN forces in the Korea campaign

brinksmanship

b. the willingness to go to the edge of war

In what area did Fidel Castro come to power in 1959?

b.B

Oslo Peace Accords

c. 1993 agreement in which Israeli Prime Minister Rabin granted self-rule in the Gaza Strip and West Bank

In what area would you find apartheid?

c. C

Which letter identifies the nation most closely associated with fighting between Hindus and Muslims?

c. C

"A Jewish State Is Created" "Six-Day War Results in Major Arab Losses" "Egypt and Israel sign the Camp David Accords" Which situation is referred to in these headlines?

c. conflict between Israelis and Palestinians

Nikita Khrushchev

c. leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin; leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis

détente

d. a policy of lessening Cold War tensions

One reason Mikhail Gorbachev implemented the policies of glasnost and perestroika in the Soviet Union was to:

d. encourage political discussion and economic reform

Jomo Kenyatta

d. led the independence movement and became the first Prime Minister of Kenya

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

defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression and communism

One way in which the Korean War and the Vietnam War are similar is that both:

developed from Cold War tensions

glasnost

e. a Soviet policy of openness to the free flow of ideas and information

Mao Zedong

e. leader who instituted the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution

To what area did the US think the Domino Theory applied?

e.E

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

end of the Cold War

The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing:

funds for economic recovery in war-torn European nations

What was one social change Mao Zedong instituted in China after 1949?

granting legal equality for men and women

One way in which the Great Leap Forward and the Four Modernizations are similar is that each was an attempt to:

increase farm and factory output

Between 1945 and 1947, the differences between the Hindus and the Muslims in India led to the

partitioning of the subcontinent

One reason the Chinese Communists were able to gain control of China was primarily due to the support of the:

peasants

The primary purpose of the United Nations is to:

resolve conflicts between nations peacefully

"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

How did Kwame Nkrumah lead Ghana to independence from Great Britain?

through a largely non-violent movement