Cold War Study Guide

1. What is the Cold War?2. What did George Kennan do?3. What is the domino effect?4. Explain the Berlin Blockade5. What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact?6. Who was the leader of the Chinese government?7. Who was the leader of the Communist government in China?8. What are three elements of the Loyalty Program?9. What is the 38th Parallel?10. What is the 17th Parallel?11. What 3 Countries made up West Berlin?12. Who was Joseph McCarthy? What is significant about him during the Cold War?13. What role did Douglass MacArthur play during the Korean War? Why did he get fired as General?14. Three things included in the Truman Doctrine15. Three things included in the Marshall Plan16. Summarize the Bay of Pigs17. Summarize the Cuban Missile Crisis18. Summarize Cuban Revolution19. Two things Khrushchev wanted the U.S. to do before he would remove the missiles in Cuba?20. What is the U.S. response to missiles in Cuba?21. Why is Robert Kennedy important during the Cuban Missile Crisis?22. Where is NASA located?23. What is Sputnik24. Who are the Vietcong? Why are they important?25. What are four things that the United States soldiers experienced on the battlefield in Vietnam?26. How was Agent Orange used during the Vietnam War? What effect did it have on those who came in contact with it?27. What is My Lai? What happened there?28. List two ways to avoid being drafted29. What were some characteristics of the counterculture?30. What is significant about Apollo 1131. National Defense Education Act does what?32. What is the Détente policy33. What are three factors that led to the Soviet Union collapsing?34. Where did the Soviet Union fight a 9 years war that helped contribute to their collapse?35. What were 2 of Regan’s Cold War policies?

*Study your European and Asian maps!

Cold War Study Guide

1. What is the Cold War?2. What did George Kennan do?3. What is the domino effect?4. Explain the Berlin Blockade5. What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact?6. Who was the leader of the Chinese government?7. Who was the leader of the Communist government in China?8. What are three elements of the Loyalty Program?9. What is the 38th Parallel?10. What is the 17th Parallel?11. What 3 Countries made up West Berlin?12. Who was Joseph McCarthy? What is significant about him during the Cold War?13. What role did Douglass MacArthur play during the Korean War? Why did he get fired as General?14. Three things included in the Truman Doctrine15. Three things included in the Marshall Plan16. Summarize the Bay of Pigs17. Summarize the Cuban Missile Crisis18. Summarize Cuban Revolution19. Two things Khrushchev wanted the U.S. to do before he would remove the missiles in Cuba?20. What is the U.S. response to missiles in Cuba?21. Why is Robert Kennedy important during the Cuban Missile Crisis?22. Where is NASA located?23. What is Sputnik24. Who are the Vietcong? Why are they important?25. What are four things that the United States soldiers experienced on the battlefield in Vietnam?26. How was Agent Orange used during the Vietnam War? What effect did it have on those who came in contact with it?27. What is My Lai? What happened there?28. List two ways to avoid being drafted29. What were some characteristics of the counterculture?30. What is significant about Apollo 1131. National Defense Education Act does what?32. What is the Détente policy33. What are three factors that led to the Soviet Union collapsing?34. Where did the Soviet Union fight a 9 years war that helped contribute to their collapse?35. What were 2 of Regan’s Cold War policies?

*Study your European and Asian maps!