East-West The Cold War

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East-West The Cold War
North America Korea The Arms Race Cold War Acronyms Fallout from the Cold War
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This leader preceded Fidel Castro as leader of
Cuba?
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• Fulgencio Batista
• President of Cuba (1940 - 1944, 1952 - 1959).

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• Approximately how many people lost their lives
  during the reign of Stalin?

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• Some sources have suggested up to 20 million
  people disappeared.

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• What does NATO stand for?

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• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1949

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• When was the Korean War?

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• 1950-53

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These two historic American agreements helped the
United States President John F. Kennedy form
policy in regards to Cuba.
Hint The second one helped to establish a U.S,
naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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The Monroe Doctrine 1823 Platt Amendment 1901
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• September 10,1939

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• When did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?

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• October 1962

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• South Korea was supported by this international
  organization?

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• The United Nations

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• The American General in charge during the
  initial stages of the Korean War?

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• General Douglas MacArthur

Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense, General
Douglas MacArthur and General Omar Bradley,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff salute the
Colors during a review held at the Palace Plaza,
Tokyo, Japan, June 19, 1950, in Honor of Mr.
Johnson. Photograph U.S. Army - Sergeant
TurnbullSource Truman Library
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• What are the capital cities of North and South
  Korea?

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• Seoul, South Korea
• Pyongyang, North Korea

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• What does ABM stand for?

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Anti-Ballistic Missile
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'Just a little bit down and the rest of your life
to pay. Why, friend, you can't afford not to own
one!' March 11, 1969This cartoon used two of
Bill Sanders' favourite characters, John Q.
Public and a fast-talking salesman in a plaid
sports coat, to represent the debate in Congress
over the Sentinel Antiballistic Missile System.
First proposed during the Johnson Administration,
the system would deploy antiballistic missiles
(ABMs) to protect the nation's intercontinental
ballistic missiles (ICBMs) from attack as well as
protect several large urban areas. Emphasizing
its "defensive" purpose, the Nixon Administration
announced plans to add ABMs to two Minuteman
Missile bases in Montana and North Dakota and to
eventually construct ten other ABM sites around
the country. The opposition in Congress was
two-fold. Several senators, particularly Senator
John Sherman Cooper (R-Kentucky), were concerned
that the system would escalate the arms race and
perhaps violate a pending nuclear weapons treaty.
Others felt the estimated cost of 6 to 7
billion dollars over the life of the program
would siphon away money urgently needed for
domestic programs. The Congress ultimately
approved President Nixon's request for funding.
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• What is an ICBM?

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• Inter Continental Ballistic Missile

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When and why was the first atomic bomb dropped?
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• On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima
  and Nagasaki were destroyed by the first atomic
  bombs used in warfare.
• Some of the reasons given for its use were to
  end the Second World War for the United States in
  Japan, and to limit the number of American
  casualties in bringing the war to a close.

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Approximately how many languages are spoken in
Canada?
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• Los Alamos (USA) and
• Kazakhstan (USSR)

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First Lightning The first Soviet nuclear test .
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• This Canadian town has high rates of cancer as a
  result of the open pit mining of uranium.

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Uranium City, Saskatchewan
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• This anti-communist led the American House
  Un-American Activities Committee during the late
  1940s?

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Senator Joseph McCarthy

• Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 May
  2, 1957) was an American politician of the
  Republican Party. McCarthy served as a U.S.
  Senator from the U.S. state of Wisconsin from
  1947 to 1957. During his ten years in the Senate,
  McCarthy and his staff members became notorious
  for aggressive accusations against suspected
  Communists in the U.S. government during what
  came to be known as the Second Red Scare. His
  controversial actions resulted in the word
  "McCarthyism", which specifically described the
  intense anti-communist movement that occurred in
  America from around 1948 to the mid-1950s, when
  people in the media, in the motion picture
  industry, politics, the military and elsewhere
  suspected on disputed evidence of communist
  sympathies were subjected to what were regarded
  by many as aggressive witch-hunts. The term
  "McCarthyism" has since come to mean a government
  witch-hunt seeking to punish unapproved thoughts
  or political stances.

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Source McCarthyism http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J
oseph_McCarthy
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• What are the following three acronyms ?
• SDI
• SLBM
• DEW

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• Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI)
• Sea Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM)
• Distant Early Warning (DEW)

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• This was the location for American nuclear tests
  between 1946-50?

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• The Bikini Atoll / The Marshall Islands

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• What does MIRV stand for?

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Multiple Independent Re-Entry Vehicles (MIRV)
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• Chiang Kai-shek retreated to this island in 1949
  which China still views as a, break away
  province?

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• Taiwan

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• People from this town still suffer from the
  adverse consequences of nuclear fallout?

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• Chernobyl (Ukraine) 1986

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• What do SALT I II stand for?

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• Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• 1972 1979

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Comment on three significant facts in relation to
the photograph below.
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• U2 planes flew at 70,000 feet in altitude.
• These planes were used for reconnaissance
  (intelligence gathering).
• One U2 pilot was lost during the Cuban Missile
  Crisis.
• These reconnaissance flights were drastically
  increased between August and October 1962.
• This is a photograph of a mobile launch site
  being assembled on the island of Cuba for use
  with Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBMs).

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The Six Nations Confederacy
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What is the most heavily armed frontier in the
world?
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• The DMZ De-Militarized Zone 380 N latitude

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• What are the following three acronyms ?
• SDI
• SLBM
• DEW

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Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) Sea Launched
Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Distant Early Warning
(DEW)
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What were the locations for test sites in the
United States and the U.S.S.R?
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• Land Mines
• The Ottawa Accord International Ban on
  Landmines

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• This agency of the United Nations is responsible
  for checking compliance with international
  treaties regarding weapons of mass destruction?

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• IAEA
• International Atomic Energy Agency

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Sources

• Truman Presidential Library http//www.trumanlibr
  ary.org/korea/photos/67_7375.htm (10/31/04)
• A Short History of the People in Bikini Atoll
  http//www.bikiniatoll.com/ (11/01/04)
• The Soviet Nuclear Weapons Program
  http//nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/Sovwpnprog.
  html
• (11/01/04)
• Uranium City http//www.interlog.com/grlaird/ura
  niumcity.html (11/01/04)
• IAEA http//www.iaea.org/ (11/01/04)
• Created by B. Khan (09/16/04)

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