Early Cold War

What was "cold" about the Cold War?

• lack of direct military conflict

• lack of hope

• cold climate of the contested areas

• ruthlessness of communist regimes

a system of ideas and beliefs that determines one's actions:

• Constitution

• Bias

• Ideology

• Contingency

Harry Truman's policy of supporting "free peoples" against totalitarianism:

• the Truman Doctrine

• the Marshall Plan

• the Balance of Terror

• the Iron Curtain

The "focal point" of Cold War tensions in Europe was a city divided between communism and freedom:

• Berlin

• Moscow

• London

• Rome

According to George Kennan, why was the Soviet Union unfriendly toward the United States?

• losses suffered in World War II

• communist ideology

• language barrier

• provocation due to American imperialism

According to George Kennan, what should be America's answer to Soviet aggression around the world?

• containment

• detente

• rollback

• total war

China's communist dictator who starved ~50 million people to death:

• Mao Zedong

• Kim Il Sung

• Chiang Kai Shek

In the early 1950s, Mao Zedong announced a plan to turn China into an industrial nation within 15 years. This plan was called:

• The Great Leap Forward

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Cultural Revolution

• The Economic Miracle

The "Red Guards" who tried to destroy traditional Chinese culture were primarily:

• Young people

• Old people

What did Communist China do during the Korean War?

• they offered to negotiate a peace settlement

• they remained neutral

• they supported North Korea

• they supported South Korea