Wednesday

Today, I will put you into groups and give you the class to work on the following study guide. First we will 

Study Guide for upcoming QUIZ (either Thursday or Friday)

Please make sure you know the following:

What was NATO and Warsaw Pact? Why were they formed? What countries were included in each?

Name the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Counsel? What power do they have? Why might this be an issue or problem?

What was the idea of Containment? What was the domino theory?

What was Sputnik? How was the Cold War also a Space Race?

Who was Mao Zedong? What were some of his plans? 

What was "the Great Leap Forward"?

Discuss the Korean War? Who was in charge? How did the war start? Why did China get involved? How did the war end? What was the 38th Parallel?

 Who was Ho Chi Minh? Why was he important? 

Why did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam? What did the U.S. not realize about the war in Vietnam? 

Discuss the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

What were nonaligned nations?

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? Who was involved? What led up to the crisis? How was the crisis resolved? 

What effects did destalinization have on the Soviet Satellite countries?

What was Reagan's Anti-Communist stance?