Cold War Study Guide
1. What events led to the Cold War?
2. What factors discouraged the use of nuclear weapons during
the Cold War?
3. How did the U.S. and Soviet Union confront each other
around the war during the Cold War?
4. How did the cold War influence conflicts in Eastern Asia
after WWII?
5. What was the policy of containment?
6. How did the domino theory lead the United States to send
troops to Vietnam?
7. What were the causes and consequences of the collapse of
the Soviet Union?
8. What were the international cooperative organizations
created after WWII?
9. What type of economy did China embrace after the fall of
the Soviet Union?
10.
Why did Czechoslovakia split into two countries?
11.
What was the Tet Offensive and what was its effect on
the war?
12.
Who were the Viet Cong and what did they support?
13.
Compare and contrast the Vietnam War and the Korean
War.
14.
Although China was communist in the 1970s, why did
the US decide to open diplomatic relations with them?
15.
How did Gorbachev’s rule change the Soviet Union?
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