Study Guide Cold War

Exam: Cold War
Date: Tuesday, 3/5
Format: 
6 Multiple Choice
5 Fill in the Blank (no word bank)
4-6 Matching
1 Long Answer (SRF format)

Items to Study:

Understand postwar geography and the conflicts created by land divisions:
Divisions in postwar Europe
Divisions in postwar Germany and Berlin
Divisions in Korea

Know key US and Soviet leaders and when they were in power (years and events):
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Dwight Eisenhower

Key Events, Strategies, and terms:
Yalta
Manhattan Project
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Containment
Iron Curtain Speech
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift
Communist China
Korean War
Proxy wars
Brinkmanship
Sputnik
U-2 Spy plane
Arms Race
Missile Gap
MAD
Hungarian Uprising
Kitchen Debate
Vienna Summit
Berlin Wall
Hotline
Non-proliferation
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
Alliances
NATO
Warsaw Pact

Describe the causes and effects of the following events:
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Korean War
Sputnik
U-2 Spy Plane
Hungarian Uprising
Berlin Wall