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Cold War Jeopardy Post WWII World Origins of the Cold War Potpourri Cold War Events Fall of Communism 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Post WWII World – 100 Peace keeping organization formed in 1945 and still exists today. What is the United Nations? Post WWII World – 200 Conference attended by the original “Big Three” that discussed plans for peace after the war including the creation of the United Nations. What was the Yalta Conference? Post WWII World – 300 Problem with the Denazification Program. What was Germany’s economy suffered and some of the Nazi’s remained in positions of power? Post WWII World – 400 Conference that established the groundwork for the postwar settlement with Germany, but also resulted in major disagreements between President Truman and Stalin regarding free elections in Eastern Europe. What was the Potsdam Conference? Post WWII World – 500 Council that governed Germany following the war that seldom agreed on policies. What was the Allied Control Council? Origins of the Cold War – 100 Structural differences between the Soviet Union and United States. What was the Soviet Union was communist, while the United States was a capitalistic democracy? Origins of the Cold War – 200 Disagreement between the United States and Soviet Union during WWII that led to tension between the two Allies. What was the Soviet’s signing of the nonaggression pact with Germany, the United States’ failure to open up a second front in Europe and the U.S. not telling the Soviet Union about the atomic bomb? Origins of the Cold War – 300 Reason Stalin wanted control of Eastern Europe. What was to spread communism, but also to create a buffer zone for protection from a future invasion? Origins of the Cold War – 400 U.S. plan for economic relief and recovery for all nations of Europe following WWII. What was the Marshall Plan? Origins of the Cold War – 500 Describe the Truman Doctrine. What was President Truman’s statement to help free people throughout the world that are resisting takeovers from armed minorities or outside pressures? Potpourri – 100 Main alliance of the United States during the Cold War. What was NATO? Potpourri – 200 Main alliance of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. What was the Warsaw Pact? Potpourri – 300 Soviet leader from 1955-1964 during many of the intense events of the Cold War. Who was Nikita Khrushchev? Potpourri – 400 Resulted from the Soviet Union’s blockade of Berlin. Recognized as the first showdown between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Cold War that could have led to a major war. What was the Berlin Airlift? Potpourri – 500 Soviet doctrine that stated that the Soviet Union would intervene in satellite nations affairs if they attempted to break away from communism. What was the Brezhnev Doctrine? Cold War Events – 100 Main reason the East Germans built the Berlin Wall. What was to stop East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin (West Germany)? Cold War Events – 200 The closest point during the Cold War in which the United States and Soviet Union were to an actual war (nuclear war). What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? Cold War Events – 300 First major war during the Cold War. What was the Korean War? Cold War Events – 400 Main reason why the United States fought wars in Korea and Vietnam during the Cold War. What was to stop the spread of communism? Cold War Events – 500 The Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957 leading to the space race. Besides the embarrassment of being technologically behind the Soviet Union, what about the launching of Sputnik really scared the U.S.? What was if the Soviet Union can launch something into space, they can also launch a nuclear bomb to the U.S.? Fall of Communism – 100 The Soviet Union’s version of Vietnam. What was their war with Afghanistan? Fall of Communism – 200 The Soviet Union and United States were involved in an intense arms race in order to maintain their relative strength with each other, what negative consequence did the arms race have on the Soviet Union? What was it placed unneeded strains on the Soviet economy that made it difficult to recover? Fall of Communism – 300 Last leader of the Soviet Union that initiated reforms that eventually led to the break-up of the Soviet Union. Who was Mikhail Gorbachev? Fall of Communism – 400 Define Perestroika. What is economic and government restructuring? Fall of Communism – 500 How did glasnost lead to the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe? What was Glasnost in the Soviet Union led to a loosening of Soviet control over E. Europe and to greater ability for E. European nation to openly resist and criticize Soviet rule. This would eventually lead to the creation of democratic governments in E. Europe?