The Cold War (1945-1991)

Which of the following was NOT a result of World War II?

• Political division of Europe/Germany

• Successful international peacekeeping (United Nations)

• Human rights violators were put on trial

• Rise of fascism and economic hardship

Please place in the right category, those countries that DID and DID NOT occupy Germany

Groups:

(a) Occupied Germany

,

(b) Did not Occupy Germany

• Britain

• North Korea

• USSR

• Cuba

• USA

• France

• China

After WWII, the USA and the USSR were considered _____ ______

(a)  

The Iron Curtain referred to the political division of Europe between...

• Imperialists & Colonials

• Allied & Axis Powers

• Northern Europe & Southern Europe

• Capitalists & Communists

The closest the US and USSR came to nuclear warfare was the…

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

• Korean War

• 1963 Kennedy speech at the Berlin Wall

Expansion of the Warsaw Pact was not a ​ (a)   for the collapse of ​ (b)   in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

• cause
• communism
• result
• capitalism

Context: During the Cold War, many nations across the globe earned their independence. Below is an excerpt of the “Two Nations” speech by the founder of Pakistan to the Muslim League in 1940.

“If the British government really wants to secure the peace and happiness of [these] people… the only course open to us is to allow (give to) Hindus and Muslims separate homelands.”

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

The excerpt above illustrates the complex issue of ........

• Containment/Domino Theory

• Self-Determination/

  Decolonization

• Detente/Glasnost

• Appeasement/

  Subjugation

In the World Map, it illustrates serious issues with Independence with reds and oranges, and, less serious with yellows and white...

Thus, which following two answers could be realistic conclusions?

• Asia and Africa were very violent

• Some countries had peaceful independence movements

• The United Nations was not successful with decolonization

• Other countries independence movements were violent

Please place countries in proper catergories based upon political ideology during Cold War

Groups:

(a) Communist

,

(b) Democracy

• Britain

• East Germany

• USSR

• West Germany

• North Korea

• France

President Truman sent American Troops to Korea, as part of a policy of __________

a

domino theory

appeasement

containment