The Cold War: Alliances, Conflicts, and the Fall of the USSR
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Final Jeopardy Jeopardy The Cold War Turns Hot The End of the Cold War Potpourri Cold War II The Cold War $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500
Q: Alliance formed to stop the spread of communism? $100 The Cold War
R: $100 The Cold War NATO
Q: Name 2 things families would typically see or hear on tv during the cold war era? $200 The Cold War
R: $200 The Cold War “Duck and cover” Bert the turtle
Q: The Purpose of Marshal’s Plan objective was to build up European countries economy so they…. $300 The Cold War
R: $300 The Cold War Wouldn’t be susceptible to Communism. Or Could fight off Communism themselves
Q: Truman Doctrine was 1st used in Greece and Turkey because? $400 The Cold War
R: $400 The Cold War There was a direct threat of Communism taking over there. Stalin wanted the Dardanelles Strait.
$500 The Cold War Q: What was the 1st Conflict of the Cold War the western allies faced?
$500 The Cold War R: Berlin Blockade
Q: $100 Cold War II What was the name of the alliance set up by the Soviet Union and their Eastern European allies?
R: Warsaw Pact $100 Cold War II
Q: $200 Cold War II What did Churchill call the division of Europe between Communist and non-Communist countries?
R: $200 Cold War II Iron Curtain
Q: $300 Cold War II What was the purpose of the Berlin Blockade? AND Was it successful? explain
R: $300 Cold War II Purpose: To starve W. Berlin so that they would give up and the SU could control all of Berlin. Successful???: NO bc of the Berlin Airlift where we sent 12,500 tons of supplies daily
Q: $400 Cold War II Who were the “Big 3” at the Potsdam conference and what threat was made?
R: $400 Cold War II Truman, Attlee(who replaced Churchill) and Stalin Truman threatened Stalin with a very powerful weapon (the atomic bomb)
$500 Cold War II Q: Name 4 events that escalated the Cold War
$500 Cold War II The Manhattan Project Satellite Nations Dropping the bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima Check Point Charlie The Berlin Blockade the Berlin Wall R:
Q: $100 Manhattan Project What was the name of the atomic bomb that was first tested on US soil?
R: $100 Manhattan Project Trinity
Q: $200 Manhattan Project Who developed the atomic bomb?
R: $200 The Cold War Turns Hot Julius Robert Oppenheimer
Q: $300 Manhattan Project Name the bomb dropped on Hiroshima and the one dropped on Nagasaki:
R: $300 Manhattan Project Hiroshima- Little Boy Nagasaki – Fat Man
Q: $100 The End of the Cold War What was Detente?
R: $100 The End of the Cold War An international agreement to ease tensions b/t the two superpowers in the 1970s
Q: $200 The End of the Cold War Who changed the social and economic reforms in Russia, leading to the end of the USSR and Berlin Wall?
R: $200 The End of the Cold War Gorbachav
Q: When did the USSR fall? $300 The End of the Cold War
R: $300 The End of the Cold War 1991
Q: Why did NATO form and what was its’ purpose? $400 The End of the Cold War
Why? Because the UN due to permanent members having veto power, they were unable to get involved. Purpose: To protect Western Europe from the Soviet Union $400 The End of the Cold War
$500 The End of the Cold War Q: Who said the following and who was he saying it to? “Mr. ______________, tear down that wall!”
$500 The End of the Cold War Who said it: Ronald Reagan He said it to Gorbachev.
$100 mix R: The blockade failed and economy declining due to so many East Germans fleeing to W. Berlin.
$200 • What was the goal of the U.S. throughout the Cold War?
$200 mix • Stop the spread of Communism. = Containment – Truman Doctrine
$300 mix • Besides spreading Communism, what was the other goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
$300 mix • Create a buffer zone of friendly (Communist) countries in Eastern Europe to make it harder for any country to invade.
$400 mix Name 3 big differences between Capitalism and communism.
$400 • Look at notes
$500 Who said the following and explain what it means: “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.”
How much? Daily Double
Q: Describe a key difference between the leadership of Stalin, Khrushchev, and Gorbachev
A: Stalin- Secret Police, Power hungry dictator, wanted to spread communism, extreme censorship • Krushchev: destalinization, continued maintaining wall • Gorbachev: Tore down wall, more democratic tendencies
Final Jeopardy • The Spokes person gets to make up any question they want. • Tell them the subject and give each team time to make • a wager…$0-$ what they have so far.
