Power, Ideology, and Terror in the Atomic Age Worksheet
Power, Ideology, and Terror in the Atomic Age Worksheet
The Cold War
Answer each of the following questions in a single paragraph:
1. What role did atomic weapons play in the Cold War? Summarize nuclear developments from 1945 to 1991.
After the Second World War, United States and the Soviet Union entered into a Cold War that lasted more the 40 years because both sides had Atomic Weapons that were aimed at each other with each side fearing and dreading what a Hot War would cause if Atomic Weapons were used.
Nuclear developments from 1945-1991 (Cold War Period) were atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945) to the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty by all 5 major Super Powers (United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, China and France) in 1992.
2. What important events and symbolism in Berlin helped define the Cold War?
The Berlin Blockade and airlift (1949) were important for the development of the Cold war because it was one of the first crises which happened during the Cold War and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to block off exodus of East Germans fleeing to the West.
3. Why did European communism collapse?
Starting with the free elections in Poland (1989) along with the collapse of the Berlin Wall (1989), the communist party found it difficult to hold on to many of the eastern and central European countries that wanted self rule.
Terrorism and the West
Answer each of the following questions with a short sentence or phrase:
1. Why were many Palestinians angered by the creation of Israel in 1948?
Palestinians who lived in Palestine before 1848 thought that they had rights over the entire country and not just half. The State of Israel was proclaimed on May 14 1948, but the Arab states rejected the partition of Palestine and the existence of Israel. In 1948 Palestinians were driven out of the new Israel into refugee camps in Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and other regions.
2. Why did the United States
The Cold War
Answer each of the following questions in a single paragraph:
1. What role did atomic weapons play in the Cold War? Summarize nuclear developments from 1945 to 1991.
After the Second World War, United States and the Soviet Union entered into a Cold War that lasted more the 40 years because both sides had Atomic Weapons that were aimed at each other with each side fearing and dreading what a Hot War would cause if Atomic Weapons were used.
Nuclear developments from 1945-1991 (Cold War Period) were atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945) to the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty by all 5 major Super Powers (United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, China and France) in 1992.
2. What important events and symbolism in Berlin helped define the Cold War?
The Berlin Blockade and airlift (1949) were important for the development of the Cold war because it was one of the first crises which happened during the Cold War and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to block off exodus of East Germans fleeing to the West.
3. Why did European communism collapse?
Starting with the free elections in Poland (1989) along with the collapse of the Berlin Wall (1989), the communist party found it difficult to hold on to many of the eastern and central European countries that wanted self rule.
Terrorism and the West
Answer each of the following questions with a short sentence or phrase:
1. Why were many Palestinians angered by the creation of Israel in 1948?
Palestinians who lived in Palestine before 1848 thought that they had rights over the entire country and not just half. The State of Israel was proclaimed on May 14 1948, but the Arab states rejected the partition of Palestine and the existence of Israel. In 1948 Palestinians were driven out of the new Israel into refugee camps in Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and other regions.
2. Why did the United States