Mutually Assured Destruction and it was the idea that if any side launched nukes, both sides would perish as a result (deterrence)
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What three leaders met at the Yalta Conference in 1945 and what was discussed at this meeting?
FDR, Churchill, and Stalin; Post-war Europe
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Explain what the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) was and who put it in place.
A network of satellites and missile-interception systems to combat nuclear weapons. Ronald Reagan
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Explain how Germany was divided after WWII and include how Berlin was handled as well.
Germany was divided into 4 zones (US, France, UK, USSR) with East Germany being communist and West Germany being capitalist (democratic). Berlin was similar
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Who controlled Vietnam as a colony until they were kicked out after WWII?
France
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Who was a famous British prime minister that believed in less government regulation of business and brought the US and UK closer together?
Margaret Thatcher
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Which side of the Chinese Civil War did Jiang Jieshi lead, what about Mao Zedong, which side did we support, and what was the ultimate result of the civil war?
Jiang Jieshi= nationalist (democratic) Mao Zedong= communist
We supported the nationalists
China= communist, Taiwan= democratic
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Who put forth the idea of containment, what was containment, and in what did he issue his idea?
President Truman, to stop the spread of communism, and in the Truman Doctrine
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When the Soviet Union was dissolved, how many countries came from it and which was the biggest?
15 total, with Russia being biggest
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What was the ultimate result of the Vietnam War?
Vietnam has been reunited as a communist nation today
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What did Deng Xiaoping do to China? How does this affect us today?
He made the Chinese economy more capitalist and we have very close economic ties with China today
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Who was the leader of the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War and what unique tactic was attributed to him?
Ho Chi Minh and the Ho Chi Minh Trail where the Vietcong and North Vietnamese army would enter neighboring nations to then re-enter Vietnam at will