Explain the cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis, what it almost caused, and how it was resolved.
The USSR put nukes in Cuba, the US blockaded Cuba, Soviets viewed this as an act of war, and WWIII almost happened. Resolved when both sides removed missiles
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Who controlled Vietnam as a colony until they were kicked out after WWII?
France
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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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What two political alliances formed during the Cold War and what nation led each?
NATO- USA Warsaw Pact- USSR
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What two policies do we associate with Mikhail Gorbachev, what does each mean, and what did they help to occur?
Glasnost- "Openness" in government actions
Perestroika- "Restructuring" of Russia's economy
Helped to bring an end to the old Soviet Union (Cold War)
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What did M.A.D. stand for and explain it.
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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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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Which performs better, a capitalist economy or a communist economy?
Capitalist
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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 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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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