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Cold War Review Sheet
Why did the United States establish diplomatic relations with China in the 1970s?
Mao Zedong created agricultural communes to do what?
When the North Koreans overran South Korea in the summer of 1950, the United Nations forces
stopped their advance at what location?
What was the main goal of the National Liberation Front, or Viet Cong?
During the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive was what for whom?
What conflict was called the Soviet Union’s “Vietnam”
After the Soviet Union split up and communism was defeated in Eastern Europe, China accelerated
its embrace of?
During the 1970s, arms control agreements led to ____, or a relaxation of tension between the
superpowers.
Why were the weapons of the Cold War so terrifying.
What freedom was restricted during the Cuban Revolution?
Communists that came to the United States started what?
The Marshall Plan did what for the European Nations?
Which leader created the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution in China?
The winner of the Vietnam War was?
Who created perestroika, the Soviet economic restructuring that led to the country’s breakup?
In which country did Lech Walesa lead the movement for political and economic change?
Which alliance was dedicated to the security of communist nations in Europe during the Cold War?
What was the purpose of the SALT talks?
What was the American strategy under détente?
The movement of Americans from cities to communities outside an urban core is known?
What agency helped spur economic growth across Western Europe by eliminating tariffs?
What kind of government did Japan adopt after World War II?
How did the United States and the Soviet Union end the Cold War?
How did the Soviet government handle critics of its policies?
How was the U.S. economy linked to the global economy during the Cold War?
The belief that one communist victory would lead to many others was called what?
Nations that are stronger than other powerful nations are called what?
He was the American supported leader in the Vietnam War?
The Communist leader of North Vietnam in 1954 was?
The ____ brought on high taxes and greater government regulation?
During the SALT talks, ____ were seen as a particular threat to the balance of terror.
Who led the Cuban revolution in 1959?
Who emerged as the Soviet leader after Stalin’s death?
In 1962, which event brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.