Cold War/Chinese Communist Revolution Jeopardy

UNIT 8REVIEW

FINAL

Europe Ideology Proxy Wars China Grab Bag!

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JEOPARDY

Europe- 100

The American foreign policy that attempted to prevent communism from spreading was

called:

Containment

Back

Europe- 200

Back

Winston Churchill—referenced the divide between Communist Eastern Europe and

non-Communist Western Europe

Who coined the phrase “Iron Curtain” and what did it mean?

Europe- 300

Back

US promise to provide economic aid to any nation rebuilding after WWII…as long as

they weren’t communist

What was the Marshall Plan?DAILY DOUBLE

Europe- 400

Back

What happened to Germany after WWII?

It was split in half. The Eastern half was overseen by the Soviets; the Western half was divided into zones of government by the French, Americans, and British. The city of Berlin which fell in the Soviet sector) was treated the same.

Europe- 500

Back

Describe a similarity between the Chinese

communist revolution and the Russian Revolution

• Supported by peasants• Occurred during/after a world war• Result of long-standing class inequality• Built on Karl Marx’s ideas

Ideology-100

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• No private ownership• One political party• High equality, low freedom• Lower standard of living• Controlled economy• Sought a classless system

Describe 2 characteristics of communism

Ideology-200

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What social class supported communism during the Cold War?

Why?

Lowest classes (peasants)—because they were suffering the most under the existing system,

wanted to eliminate social classes

Ideology-300

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According to capitalism, how should one be paid for one’s work?

Based on one’s effort

Ideology-400

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What were some of the beliefs of Sun Yikian and Jiang Jieshi?

• End foreign control• Establish democracy in China• Establish economic stablity

Ideology-500

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What ideology did the Vietcong support?

Communism (rebel Communist forces fighting in South Vietnam)

Proxy Wars- 100

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What was the longest proxy war of the Cold War?

The Vietnam War

Proxy Wars- 200

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With which nation are the Sandinistas and the Contras associated?

+50: With which ideology is each side associated?

Nicaragua

Sandinistas: CommunistContras: Capitalist

Proxy Wars- 300

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Describe 2 differences between the Korean and Vietnam Wars (NOT

geography)

• Vietnam was much longer• Vietnam had more protests against it• Vietnam: first televised war• Vietnam ended up being unified under

communism, Korea remains divided today

Proxy Wars- 400

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Describe 2 similarities between the Korea and Vietnam Wars (NOT “a lot of

people died”)

• Capitalism vs. communism• Divided in half (38th parallel, 17th parallel)• US supported south, Soviets supported north• Not an American success (Vietnam a more outright

loss)

Proxy Wars- 500

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Explain the Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cuba underwent a revolution and became communist, so USA cut off trade

• Fidel Castro (Cuban leader) established relations with USSR• USSR began building nuclear missile sites in Cuba (90 miles from

Florida)- potential to reach most of the United States and into Canada

• President JFK asked USSR to remove missiles, or the USA would bomb the Soviets. 9-day game of “chicken” ensued• Soviets eventually agreed to remove them as long as the US

wouldn’t invade Cuba

DAILY DOUBLE

China- 100

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Who were the Kuomintang?

Chinese Nationalists

China- 200

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1,000 mile march into northern China- Mao Zedong and Communist troops

pursued by Nationalists. Mao is ultimately successful

What was the Long March?

China- 300

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What was the purpose of the Red Guard?

• To ensure citizens of China were following Mao Zedong’s mandates

• Made sure people carried the Little Red Book

• Encouraged communist ideals, such as rejection of intellectualism

China-400

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Why weren’t Mao (or Stalin’s) communal farms successful?

Because there is no motivation to work hard if everyone is treated the same

China- 500

Back

In what ways were Mao’s Great Leap Forward and Stalin’s Five Year Plan

similar?

Both focused on improving the nation’s industrial output. Both

were successful

Grab bag- 100

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What was the name of the conference, near the end of WWII, where the Allies agreed to divide

Germany into zones of occupation– Soviet in the East, and

US/British/French in the West?

Yalta

Grab bag- 200

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Name 2 members of the Warsaw Pact

Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, Lithuania, Latvia…anything Eastern European + USSR

Grab bag- 300

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Demonstrate “Duck & Cover” and explain its purpose

Taught children how to “protect” themselves in the event of nuclear

attack

Grab bag- 400

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Who was the North Vietnamese nationalist who encouraged communism

as a means of throwing off French colonial rule?

Ho Chi Minh

Grab bag- 500

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• When his son tried (and failed) to shoot himself, Stalin said, “He can’t even shoot straight!”

• When his son was captured in WWII, Stalin was given the opportunity to trade prisoners and rescue him, and he did not

According to John Green, Stalin was not only a cruel dictator but also a

“terrible father.” Give one reason why

FINAL JEOPARDY

Back

First satellite (sent into orbit by the Soviets)

October 4, 1957

What was Sputnik I, who was responsible for it, and when was it

launched?

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