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World History
Mr. Christie
Cold War Learning Guide
Assignment #1 “From World War to Cold War”
Due Thursday April 3rd
Ch. 18 Section 5 (p 489-493)
1. What are the two main bodies in
the United Nations and which has
more power?
2. Why was Russia suspicious of the
other powers? (*Bottom of 490)
3. Draw a T-Chart and label one side
Soviet and the other Western
Powers- List five items on each
side (from the reading) that cause or contribute to tensions between the two.
Terms- Underline/highlight them in your answers above or define them separately.
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
Eastern bloc
Berlin airlift
Arms race
Western bloc
NATO
Moodle Post- Post a piece of evidence (primary or secondary) that shows either the west
(United States and NATO) or the Soviets (USSR and Warsaw Pact)were more responsible for
causing or escalating Cold War tensions. Explain why you chose the piece and what you
believe it shows.
Assignment #2 “The Soviet Union: Rise and Fall of a Super Power”
Ch. 20 Section 4 (p 541-546) Due Thursday April 10th
4. Why could Soviet leaders not solve the basic economic problems?
5. What was the purpose of the coup in 1991? What were its results?
6. What economic problems did the Russian Republic face after the end of communism?
Termsto Define
De-Stalinization
Sputnik I
Cuban Missile Crisis
Mikhail Gorbachev
Glasnost
Perestroika
“A New Era in Eastern Europe” Ch. 20 Section 5 (p 547-551) Due Thursday April 10th
7. What did Stalin require from the Soviet satellite countries?
8. What did Hungary try to do in 1956 and what was the result?
9. What problems do former communist countries face as they make western reforms?
10. Why did Czechoslovakia split and what were the results?
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Terms
Solidarity
Ethnic cleansing
Dayton Accord
Moodle- Why did the Soviet Union collapse? Include some discussion of the weakness of the
command economy, the burdens of military commitments, and the growing resistance to
Soviet rule by people in their satellite states (especially the non-Russian Soviet republics).
Assignment #3 “Upheavals in China”
Ch. 12 Section 4 (p 432-435)
Due Thursday April 24th
11. How did the peasants suffer during the early years of the Chinese republic?
12. Why was Marxism attractive to the Chinese?
13. How did the Communists gain the trust and support of the peasants?
Terms
Mao Zedong—and his goals
The Long March
“From Revolution to Reform in China”
Due Thursday April 24th
Ch. 17 Section 2 (p 560-563)
14. Why did the communists succeed in gaining control of China?
15. What did China do to rebuild their economy after the civil war?
16. How did Communism change the family structure in China?
17. Describe Chinese relations with the U.S. from 1949 to 1979.
18. What type of relationship did China have with the Soviet Union?
Terms
Great Leap Forward
Communes
Cultural Revolution
Tiananmen Square
Moodle- Post your Cold War DBQ essay to Moodle, “Who was more responsible for
causing and escalating the Cold War.” See the rubric, your DBQ and the April 7
Moodle Post for support. Remember to site sources.