Aftermath of World War II Term/Person/Event Definition Processing World Bank Why is this an important te rm to remember about Created by US and 43 the Aftermath of WWII? other nations to provide development and reconstruction loans United Nations Find three additional facts about this organization.

A new international peacekeeping organization formed after WWII

Nuremberg War Crimes Find three additional facts about this event. Trials

A series of trials in 1945 and 1946 in which former Nazi leaders were convicted of war crimes

GI Bill of Rights Why is this an important term to remember about the Aftermath of WWII?

Provided federal funds to

help returning GIs

transition to civilian life.

Isolationism How can you best remember the meaning of this word?

A government policy of not taking part in economic and political alliances or relations with other countries

Internationalism What are three examples of h ow the United States took an internationalist approach after WWII?

A policy of creating strong economic and diplomatic ties between nations

Universal Declaration of How can you best remember the meaning of this Human Rights word?

Affirmed the rights to life, liberty, and equality before the law and to freedom of religion, expression, and assembly

Origins of the Cold War

Term/Person/Event Definition Processing How can you best remember the meaning of Cold War The struggle between the this term? Communist world led by the Soviet Union and the non- Communist world led by the U.S. Yalta Conference What important decisions were made at this conference? Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met at this conference in the Soviet city of Yalta to plan for

the end of WWII.

Potsdam Conference What was important about this conference?

Allied leaders met at this

conference after the defeat of Germany to finalize plans for postwar Germany.

Superpowers Who were the two major superpowers Nations that influence or during the Cold War?

control less powerful states

Containment How can you best remember the meaning of this word?

The restriction of Soviet

expansion

Iron What clues does this term have in it to help Curtain Symbolized the growing you remember what it means?

geographic and political

divisions between Communist and Capitalist nations in Europe

Truman How can you best remember the meaning of Policy that the US must support Doctrine this word? free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures

Marshall Plan How can you best remember the meaning of Offered all European nations, this word? including the USSR, generous funding to rebuild their economies as long as the money was spent on goods made in the US

Molotov Plan A plan to aid economic recovery How can you best remember the meaning of in Eastern Europe, encouraged this word? member states to specialize in goods and services and trade with other states. Satellite List three examples of satellite nations Nation during the Cold War.

A country dominated politically

and economically by another nation

Ideology What are two examples of ideologies? The set of beliefs that forms the basis of a political and economic system

Communism What are strengths and weaknesses of this system? A type of system characterized by single-party rule of politics and government control of the economy

Capitalism What are strengths and weaknesses of this system? An economic system in which individuals and private businesses make most of the economic decisions The Cold War Expands

Term/Person/Event Definition Processing Berlin Blockade/Airlift Draw a picture or cartoon of this word to help you remember the meaning.

Operation that moved supplies into West Berlin by American and British planes during a Soviet blockade in 1948-1949

North Atlantic Treaty What clues does this term have in it to help you Organization (NATO) 1949 alliance of nations remember what it means? that agreed to band together in the event of

war and to support and

protect each nation involved

Warsaw Pact What clues does this term have in it to help you remember what it means? Military alliance between the Soviet Union and nations of Eastern

Europe, formed in 1955

Korean Conflict over the future of How can you best remember the meaning of this War the Korean peninsula, term? fought between 1950 and 1953 and ending in a stalemate Without using a dictionary, write a definition of this Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) An area, often along the word. border between two military powers, that no military forces are allowed to enter

First World What were three examples of First World countries during the Cold War?

Developing, capitalist countries

Second World What were three examples of Second World countries during the Cold War?

Communist countries

Third World Poor, developing nations What were three examples of Third World countries in Latin America, Africa, during the Cold War? and Asia many of whom had recently gained freedom from colonial

rule Covert Action A secret political, What is an example of how the US used this economic, or military strategy during the Cold War? operation that aims to shape events or influence affairs in a foreign

country in order to support the initiating country’s foreign policy Central Intelligence What clues does this term have in it to help you remember what it means? Agency (CIA) Agency created to collect

and analyze intelligence gathered by agents operating in foreign countries

H-bomb Why was this a significant advancement in the arms race? A hydrogen bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb, first tested in 1952

Arms Race Without using a dictionary, write a definition of this A competition between word.

nations to achieve the more powerful weapons arsenal

Brinkmanship A foreign policy What clues does this term have in it to help you characterized by a remember what it means? willingness to push a dangerous situation to the edge of war, rather than give in to an opponent Deterrence A foreign policy in which What clues does this term have in it to help you a nation develops a remember what it means? weapons arsenal so deadly that another nation will not dare attack Collective Security A system in which a What is an example of how the US used this group of countries strategy during the Cold War? commit to jointly dealing with a nation that threatens the peace or security of any one of the countries What is an example of how the US used this Mutual Assured The principle that either Destruction (MAD) strategy during the Cold War? side would respond to a nuclear attack by launching its own missiles

th 38 Parallel Why was this significant during the Cold War? The line dividing North and South Korea

Sputnik Why was this a significant event during the Cold The first artificial satellite War? to orbit Earth, launched by the Soviets in 1957

Intercontinental Ballistic What significant advancement did these make in the arms race? Missiles Long range rockets that could deliver nuclear weapons to their targets around the world

U-2 Incident Why was this a significant event during the Cold A 1960 incident in which War? the Soviet military used a guided missile to shoot down an American U-2 spy plane over Soviet territory