Cold War and Decolonization

The policy of racial segregation and discrimination instituted in South Africa from the 1940s to the 1990s (SSWH20d)

• Nullification

• Cultural Revolution

• Five Year Plan

• Apartheid

Mao Zedong's plan to focus China on industry, resulting millions dying from starvation from lack of agricultural supports (SSWH20c)

• Cultural Revolution

• Containment Theory

• Great Leap Forward

• 5 Year Plan

Which two conflicts most directly show the tension between the U.S. and Soviets? PICK TWO (SSWH20a)

• Arab-Israeli Conflict

• Korean War

• Cuban Conflict

• Indian Revolution

• Kenyan Independence Movement

Mohandas Gandhi used his philosophy of nonviolent noncooperation in an effort to (SSWH20c)

• form a Marxist government in India.

• convince his fellow Indians to support the Allies in World War II.

• persuade Pakistanis to separate from India.

• achieve India’s independence from Great Britain.

Which of the following was a primary cause of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union? (SSWH20a)

• a competition for political influence over other countries.

• direct, armed conflict between the two nations

• a deep reduction in military expenditures

• the founding of the United Nations

In which nation did Nelson Mandela lead a successful reform movement? (SSWH20c)

• Kenya

• South Africa

• The Congo

• Algeria

In India and Pakistan, feelings of nationalism are intertwined with religious conflict between (SSWH20c)

• Buddhists and Hindus.

• Christians and Muslims.

• Taoists and Buddhists.

• Muslims and Hindus.

Arab oil embargo against the US in 1973

Carter’s Camp David Accords 1978

Lebanon War 1982

Oslo Peace Accords 1993

Each of the issues are related to the... (SSWH20b)

• the arms race between the soviets.

• formation of the state of Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

• nationalism and the revolutionary movements in Asia.

• opposition movements to existing political systems.

The Indian nationalist, Mahatma Gandhi, advocated the swadeshi movement as a protest against British rule in India in the first half of the twentieth century. The movement stressed the manufacture of Indian goods at home, especially homespun cloth, as opposed to buying British manufactured goods.

Why did Indians decide to use this strategy? (SSWH20c)

• to make it less profitable for the British to exploit India through colonial trade

• to prevent the British from establishing a monopoly in the cotton industry

• to limit British control of India’s domestic politics

• To reduce the amount of unemployed women in India

The tension between the United States and Soviet Union resulted in an Arms Race which caused the two superpowers to (SSWH20a)

• build up better weapons of mass destruction

• limit the amount of nuclear weapons other countries could have

• invest in science and math education

• build up large standing militaries