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Cold War JEOPARDY!
The Cold
in Asia
Korean
War
Vietnam
War
End of
the Cold
War
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War
Unfolds
Industrial
Communism
Democracies
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This major event in
Latin America nearly
led to World War III
and global nuclear
devastation.
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These are nations that
are the strongest
nations, politically,
economically, and
militarily.
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This was the U.S.
strategy of keeping
Communism from
spreading to other
nations.
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Daily Double!!!
This was a period of
eased tensions
between the U.S. and
U.S.S.R. after talks to
reduce nuclear arms.
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This period of time in
the U.S. was led by
Senator Joseph
McCarthy, who hunted
communists in the
government and
military.
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This famous AfricanAmerican led the Civil
Rights movement to
end discrimination and
segregation in the U.S.
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Daily Double!!!
The failed invasion
of Cuba by exiles
and the U.S. was
called what?
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G.D.P. stands for
this…
(HINT: It has to do with
a nation’s economy!)
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This is an economic
period of a country
where things are not
going so well
economically, but not
quite in a
“depression.”
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Daily Double!!!
This post-World War II
plan helped restore
European economies
by providing U.S. aid
and money to nonCommunist countries.
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He led the communist
revolution in China.
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China today is
communist, but
mixed with what
type of democratic
economic style?
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The Mao Zedong’s
major reform
programs were
called this (name
at least one).
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Nationalist Chinese
forces, who fled from
Mao’s communist
army, went to this
island …
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The Soviets and China
had bad relations later
in the Cold War, even
though they were both
Communist, mainly
due to this reason.
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The two parts of Korea
were/are this…
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The border between
the two Koreas was set
at this point.
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The FIRST dictator of
North Korea, who led
the communist
revolution there.
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Hundreds of
thousands of soldiers
from this country
joined the Korean war,
pushing the U.S. and
U.N. forces south.
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This many U.S.
soldiers were killed in
the Korean War.
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The communist leader
of North Vietnam after
1954 was...
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The name of the main
South Vietnamese
communist guerilla
force that fought
against the U.S.
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This brutal dictator led
a genocide in
Cambodia that killed
one third of the
population there.
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During this major
event in the Vietnam
war, communist forces
attacked cities all over
South Vietnam,
marking a turning
point in U.S. public
opinion.
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This established a
cease fire in Vietnam
and forced American
troops to begin
withdrawing in 1973.
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The Soviet leader who
urged reforms and an
end to communism in
the 1980s.
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In the Soviet Union,
shortages grew worse
and prices soared
under this Gorbachev
plan of reform.
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This ended censorship
and encouraged
people to discuss the
country’s problems in
the Soviet Union.
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This movement in
Poland was led by a
labor union and
demanded economic
and political changes.
(Hint: Starts with an
“S”…)
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This country was
divided into Slovakia
and the Czech
Republic in 1992
following the fall of the
Soviet Union.
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