Transcript Cold War Jeopardy (Part 1)

Origins of
The
Cold War
Korean War Cuban Missile
Crisis
Vietnam
War
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A10-Q
Which countries
were involved in
the
Cold War?
A10-A
United States
&
Soviet Union
A20-Q
What was the name
of the plan to provide
economic assistance
to Western European
nations rebuilding
from the devastation
of WWII?
A20-A
The Marshall Plan
A30-Q
What type of
governments and
economic
systems did the
U.S and Soviet
Union have?
•The U.S. was a
democracy with a
capitalistic or free
economic system.
•The Soviet Union was a
communist nation based
on a one-party
government and state
ownership of property.
A30-A
A40-Q
What three things
caused tension
between the Soviet
Union and the
United States after
WWII?
A40-A
•Stalin learned that the
U.S. had tried to keep its
development of the
atomic bomb secret
•Soviet domination of
Eastern Europe.
•Mutual suspicion
between U.S. & Soviet
Union.
A50-Q
Who gave a speech at
Westminster College in
Fulton, MO on March
5,1946 and used the
phrase “Iron Curtain?
A50-A
Winston
Churchill
B10-Q
Where is Korea
located?
B10-A
Korea is a peninsula
in Eastern Asia.
The Soviet Union and
China border it to the
north and west.
Japan lies across the
Sea of Japan to the
east.
B20-Q
Where was the
temporary
division of
Korea created
after WWII?
B20-A
th
38
Parallel
B30-Q
What type of
government did North
Korea have?
B30-A
Communist
B40-Q
Who invaded the
Republic of South
Korea on June 25,
1950, to start the
Korean War?
B40-A
North Korea
B50-Q
How did the Korean
War end?
B50-A
The Korean War
had come to a
stalemate.
Who led the
communist
revolution in Cuba
in 1959?
C10-Q
C10-A
Fidel Castro
C20-Q
How far is Cuba
from the United
States?
C20-A
Cuba is located
only 90 miles from
the coast of
Florida.
C30-Q
Who was the
President of the
United States in
1961?
C30-A
John F. Kennedy
C40-Q
Who was the
leader of the
Soviet Union in
1961?
C40-A
Khrushchev
C50-Q
What event
nearly led to a
full-scale nuclear
war?
C50-A
The Cuban
Missile Crisis
D10-Q
What were the
Americans who
supported the
Vietnam War called?
D10-A
Hawks
D20-Q
What were
Americans who
believed the Vietnam
War would not be
won and was morally
wrong called ?
D20-A
Doves
D30-Q
What was the
chemical weapon
used against the
Vietcong (North
Vietnamese
Communists) called?
D30-A
Napalm
Which was a jellylike substance that
burst into flames.
D40-Q
What was the
type of warfare
called whereby
fighters carry out
hit and run
attacks?
D40-A
Guerilla Warfare
D50-Q
What was the
turning point of
the Vietnam War?
D50-A
The Tet
Offensive
E10-Q
The U.S. government,
through the Office of Civil
Defense, created a short
movie to be shown in
schools throughout
America in the 1950’s.
What was the name of the
movie and the name of the
main character?
E10-A
“Duck and Cover”
Bert the Turtle
E20-Q
What was the name
of the world’s first
artificial satellite?
E20-A
Sputnik
E30-Q
What does NATO
stand for?
E30-A
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
E40-Q
What was the
operation called to get
supplies to the people
of West Berlin when
the Soviet Union
blocked the
roadways?
E40-A
The Berlin Airlift
E50-Q
Who claimed that
many U.S.
government
employees and
actors and
actresses were
communists?
E50-A
Senator Joseph McCarthy
The McCarthy Era
(Red Scare)