| A | B |
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| What happened to Vietnam after the Vietnam War? | UNITED UNDER COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT |
| Who led the conflict against the French and US in Vietnam? | HO CHI MINH |
| After gaining their independence, what happened to Vietnam? | SPLIT INTO NORTH (COMMUNIST) AND SOUTH (DEMOCRATIC) VIETNAM |
| Who controlled Vietnam before WWII? | FRANCE |
| In the 1950’s, in what war did Communist China participate? | THE KOREAN WAR |
| Where was communist China located? | MAINLAND CHINA |
| Who led communist China? | MAO ZEDONG (TSE-TUNG) |
| Where was nationalist China located? | TAIWAN |
| Who led nationalist China? | CHIANG KAI-SHEK |
| After WWII, China divided into what 2 nations? | PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND TAIWAN (REPUBLIC OF CHINA) |
| What country developed regional alliances to stop communist aggression? | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
| The occupation of Asian countries by what nation increased demands for independence after WWII? | FREANCE |
| When did the Soviet Union collapse and the Cold War end? | 1989 |
| Name 3 causes for the collapse of the Soviet Union. | 1. ECONOMIC COLLAPSE 2. NATIONALISM WITHIN THE WARSAW PACT 3. REUNIFICATION OF GERMANY |
| President Kennedy confronted the Soviet Union over missiles where? | IN CUBA |
| What was the significance of the Berlin Wall? | TO CUT EAST GERMANS OFF FROM THE WEST |
| What economic system has failed throughout the world? | COMMUNISM |
| In what years was the Cold War? | 1948-1989 |
| What 2 alliances opposed each other during the Cold War? | NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) VS. THE WARSAW PACT |
| Who won the armed conflicts IN CHINA AND VIET NAM? | THE COMMUNISTS |
| The Cold War armed conflict fought in Southeast Asia was in what country? | VIETNAM |
| The first armed conflict of the Cold War was where? | CHINA |
| What were the 2 opposing political philosophies of the Cold War? | DEMOCRACY VS. DICTATORSHIP |
| What were the 2 opposing economic philosophies of the Cold War? | CAPITALISM (FREE ENTERPRISE)VS. COMMUNISM |
| Who was the president that developed the policy of containment? | HARRY S. TRUMAN |
| When did the Cold War begin? | 1948 |
| The US policy to prevent the spread of communism was called what? | CONTAINMENT |
| What conference gave the Soviet Union control of Eastern Europe? | THE YALTA CONFERENCE |
| The competition between what 2 nations began the Cold War? | USA AND USSR |
