Cold War - 4/25

What was the purpose of the SALT and START treaty?

To limit the number of nuclear weapons held by the most powerful countries.

What did SALT stand for?

**S**trategic **A**rms **L**imitations **T**alks

What was the START treaty?

**St**rategic **A**rms **R**education **T**reaty

It was the powerful weapons which made the Cold War arms race terrifying.

What is meant by the arms race?

Stocking nuclear weapons

What was the Warsaw Pact?

an alliance dedicated to the security of communist nations in Europe during the Cold War.

During the Cuban Revolution political freedom was _____

restricted

China provided thousands of troops to North Korea during what war?

The Korean War

What was “The Red Scare”?

 the fear of communists in the United States.

Gorbachev’s call for change to the East German government resulted in _____

 the banning of Soviet publications.

Gorbachev’s perestroika resulted in shortages and prices soaring.

Explain perestroika.

Capitalistic economic reforms to give people more choices

What was the Marshall Plan?

it offered assistance, from the US, to war-torn Europe after WWII.

What were Mao Zedong’s social reform programs?

The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution.

In the summer of 1950, the North Koreans attempted to do what?

overrun the South Koreans, and it was stopped by the United Nations at the Pusan Perimeter.

What was the American strategy, détente?

to hold the Soviets through diplomatic agreements.

China accelerated its acceptance of capitalism after ____

the Soviet Union split and communism was defeated in Eastern Europe.

What was Parliamentary democracy?

the type of government adopted by Japan after WWII.

The Soviet Union’s “Vietnam” was

the war in Afghanistan

The United States established diplomatic relations with China in 1970 because _____

they wanted to isolate the Soviets between NATO and a hostile China.

Who committed genocide in Cambodia?

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Khmer Rouge

The agricultural communes were established to

make agriculture more efficient

The main goal of the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) was to

overthrow South Vietnam's government.

 The Tet Offensive turned American public opinion ____

AGAINST the Vietnam War