Download CHAPTER 38 AP WORLD QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 38 AP WORLD QUESTIONS
1.What was the “kitchen debate”? ________ & _________ were the participants.
2. Which two countries emerged as the world’s superpowers after WWII?
3.What was one of the first manifestations of the Cold War?
4.The fault lines of cold war were most visible in __________.
5. Which four countries had divided Germany into four administrative zones?
6. When did tension begin to mount between the occupying countries and why?
7.What was the first serious test of the Cold War?
8. Why didn’t the Berlin blockade achieve its’ purpose?
9. The western half of Germany became known as _______________, the eastern half of
Germany became known as _______________________________.
10. Between 1949 and 1961, ______________ East Germans left their homeland to
escape communist rule.
11.In August, 1961, the communists built the __________ to keep the East Germans from
crossing over to the Western portion.
12. What was a central feature of the cold war world?
13. The struggle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union led to the creation of two
military blocs: the _________________________ founded in 1949 and the
________________established as a response to the rearming of West Germany.
14. Where did hostilities break out in the summer of 1950? __________
It had been divided along the _____________ when the superpowers were unable to
agree on a framework for reunification. ______________ was the conservative
anticommunist in the South, the U.S. sector. _____________ , the revolutionary
communist became leader in the North.
15. What started this war?
16. When U.S. forces approached the Yalu River, which country issued a warning that
their national interest had been threatened?___________
17. When did a cease fire occur? ______How many people had died? __________
Did the country reunify? ______
PART II QUESTIONS – THE END OF THE COLD WAR P. 1084
1. Which Soviet leader helped bring an end to the cold war? __________________
Which U.S. cold warrior also helped pushed against the Soviet Union?_______________
2. Reagan’s cold war _______ and _________ challenged the Soviet ability to match U.S.
spending. (An example was the ______________________ proposal in 1983)
3. When did the countries of eastern and central Europe regain their independence?
Was there a lot of violence? _____
4. What caused the downfall of communism in Europe?
5. When did the Soviet Union collapse?
6. How did most central and eastern Europeans feel about the Soviet-imposed
governments?
7.Why was prestige for the Soviet Union high after WWII?
8. What put an end to the hopes of reformers in the Soviet Bloc countries?
9. What strained the Soviet economy?
10. What did Gorbachev announce when he came to East Berlin in 1989?
11. Where did the end of communism come to first? _______________
12. In ____________, Eastern Europe’s longest surviving communist dictator resigned in
1989.
13. In Czechoslovakia, a ________ ______________ swept the communists out of office
and restored democracy in 1990. What happened to this country in 1993?
14. Which country had a most brutal secret police force that tried to suppress
demonstrations in 1989?
15. In East Germany ______ _____________ openly objected to Gorbachev’s ideas and
clung to Stalinist policies.
16. What happened on November 9, 1989?
17. In _________, the two German countries formed a united nation.
18. Why did Gorbachev’s reforms end up tearing apart the whole system of government?
19. Name several of the problems facing the Soviet Union by 1990.
20. Why did some people in the Soviet Union dislike perestroika?
21. Only _______ of the 285 million Soviet citizens were Russian.
22. Which countries declared their independence from the Soviet Union in August, 1991?
23. Who became President of Russia at this time? ________ _______________
24. What happened to Gorbachev in August of 1991?
25. What was the most immediate and obvious loss that accompanied the end of the Cold
War?
26. What guaranteed the diminishing popularity of the communist model?
27. Name two countries that did cling to communism?