Cold War - Intro Terms

A Cold War can be defined as:

• diplomatic, ideological, and economic

  tension between two or more major states

• destroying or crippling an opponent's trade and economy without direct violence

• wars fought by two or more states but the instigators are not involved in fighting

• conventional war fought with navies and armies

Capitalism is:

• an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state

• a system of social organization where all property is owned by the by the government/community, and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs

• a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition

• a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Communism is:

• an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state

• a system of social organization where all property is owned by the by the government/community, and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs

• a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition

• a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Which country was first to adopt communism in 1917?

• Russia

• China

• Cuba

• Uzbekistan

Which system typically allows free speech and market competition?

• Communism

• Capitalism

Which system completely controls what is taught in schools?

• Communism

• Capitalism

Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital in 1867, which new economic system did it outline?

• Communism

• Capitalism

Which country in which year first developed and deployed nuclear weapons in an act of war?

• USA, 1945

• Soviet Union, 1945

• USA, 1949

• Soviet Union, 1949

The USSR lost about 24 million lives and lost approximately 70,000 villages in acts of war, after the war it created work camps known as:

• concentration camps

• gulags

• panopticons

• favelas

NATO was established in 1949, 4 years after the UN, it stands for:

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• North American Trade Organziation

• North Arctic Trawlers Organization

• North Antarctic Teatollers Organization