Unit 8 Spice Questions Part 1

What has happened to the role of women around the world from 1945-present?

• Women have complete equality with men

• Women were considered equal in China but not the Soviet Union

• Women in the West have gained much more equality

• Women have made no gains in rights over most of the world

How did America deal with social classes versus the Soviet Union?

• America believed in equality thus has no social classes

• America believed in the ideas of social mobility that merit/ability determines class

• Capitalism does not have social classes while communism does

• The Soviet Union had social classes based on communist ideals

How did World War Two change the way western powers treated minorities?

• They segregated minorities based on race in the southern states until 1991

• Western powers ended segregation but did not allow minorities to have rights

• After fighting fascism western powers felt justified in how they treated minorities

• America started pushing for civil rights and an end of segregation based on race

What was America’s goal during the Cold War?

• Contain the spread of communism

• Destroy Nazi Germany

• Defeat the North Vietnamese

• Make the Soviet Union look bad in third world nations

What was the Soviet Union’s goal during the Cold War?

• Spread communism through Asia

• Gain a better trade network than the west

• Defeat the capitalist West and spread communism around the world

• Build more weapons than the West

What events affected Europe during the Cold War?

• Black Death, 100 Years War, Crusades

• Death of Stalin, Berlin Wall torn down, Perestroika

• Berlin Crisis, Holocaust, Russian Civil War

• Creation of NATO, Warsaw Pact, and League of Nations

What events affected Asia during the Cold War?

• The Korean War, Tiananmen Square protests, Berlin Wall

• Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Vietnam War, Cambodia fell to communism

• Dropping of atomic bombs on Japan, Korean War, Kim Jung Un

• Iron Curtain, NATO, and the Warsaw Pact

What caused the Soviet Union to fall?

• They decided capitalism was a better system than communism

• The Soviet Czar abdicated due to all the deaths of the Cold War

• Their economic plan of command economy did not work to stabilize the country

• The Berlin Wall was torn down causing the fall of the USSR

What was the effect of the Space Race?

• Soviet success with the Space Race helped them win the Cold War

• Americans landed on the moon effectively winning the Space Race and Cold War

• Soviet satellites were used to put nuclear weapons in space

• Education in the United States became more rigorous/difficult to improve math and science

How did nuclear technology affect the world?

• Nuclear weapons have been used in every major war since World War Two

• Nuclear energy is used in medical equipment to cure cancer

• It has provided energy to millions of homes and businesses in the developed world

• It is not used due to the dangerous radiation that comes from nuclear power