The Cold War

Homework: Create your own mini- Test  List 10 Vocabulary Terms that you think will be on the Test  Create 10 multiple choice questions  Write one short answer question that could be on the test

Warm Up  How did US foreign policy change after World War II?  Why did US foreign policy change after World War II?  What relationship did the US and the USSR develop after World War II?

Learning Objectives  Analyze how Berlin became the center of the Cold War  Interpret Cold War Vocabulary  Enhance geographic understanding of Europe after World War II

Looking Ahead  Test Next Week (World War II- The Cold War)  Bring Textbooks NEXT CLASS

The Cold War-Brainstorming  What is the difference between a “Cold War” and a “Hot War”?  What weapon was invented at the end of World War II that would forever change the way wars were fought?

Cold War Vocabulary  The Cold War: Period of international conflict and competition between the USA and the Soviet Union  USSR: Soviet Union  Containment: US policy of allowing Communism to exist where it already had formed, but stopping it from spreading to new places  Iron Curtain: Division between Communist Eastern Europe and Capitalist Western Europe  NATO: Anti-USSR alliance led by the US, Canada, and Western Europe  Warsaw Pact: USSR led alliance between the USSR and Eastern Europe

Berlin: The Center of the Cold War

Article on Berlin during the Cold War

Simulating the Berlin Airlift  Center (3 desks)= Berlin  Right= Soviets  Left= Americans  Americans throw paper balls into Berlin  Each paper ball= Supplies  Soviets: BLOCKADE BERLIN- stop the paper balls from getting into Berlin

Check for Understanding  Why were the Soviet Union and the US in direct competition with one another after World War II?  What lesson had the US learned from the Munich Conference in World War II that led them to resist the spread of Soviet and Communist influence?  Do you see any connections between the US during the Imperialistic Age to the Cold War?

Europe during the Cold War  Label countries 1-12 on the map  Shade in one color all the countries that were Capitalist  Shade in another color all the countries that were Communist

Europe during the Cold War

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Warm Up  Why did Berlin become the center of the Cold War in the late 1940’s? Name two events that happened in Berlin during the Cold War

Homework  List 10 Vocabulary Terms that you think will be on the Test  Create 10 multiple choice questions  Write one short answer question that could be on the test

Learning Objectives  Synthesize material from World War II-The Cold War  Prepare for Test  Enhance study skills

Learning Objectives  Analyze how Mao Zedong took power in China and what he did as leader of the country  Interpret what his policies were and how they impacted China  Synthesize the leadership of Mao Zedong and understand the connection to the Cold War

Chapter 17, Section 2  Read Chapter 17, Section 2 and answer questions 1-4

China under Mao Zedong ( ) -Leader of the Communist Army that resisted the Japanese in World War II -Civil War: Nationalists vs. Communists -Nationalists flee to the island of Taiwan and set up a government supported by the Americans -Soviets support the new Communist China -Chinese invade Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India a. Dalai Lama= Spiritual Leader of Tibetan Buddhism

Taiwan: US-Supported country

Invasion of Tibet ( )

Mao Zedong’s Policies -Agrarian Reform Law: Mao kills all major landholders and divides the land among the peasants -The Great Leap Forward: 26,000 Communes created which led to bad living conditions, reduced production, and famine a. Communes: Large Collective Farmlands b. Who else have we learned about that set up Collective Farmlands and this led to widespread famine? -The Red Guards: Militia units formed by the youth to support Mao’s Communist Revolution -The Cultural Revolution: Goal was to create a completely equal and peasant-based society- intellectuals and artists slaughtered or exiled

Create a Facebook Page for Mao Zedong  Pretend like you are Mao Zedong and you want to make a Facebook Page for yourself  Put in his Profile Information (Country, Position, Interests, Likes and Dislikes)  Create a profile picture for him depicting him in an actual event  Make a timeline of events from and post a comment below each event that expresses how Mao thought about the event  Under each event, draw a graphic/image to show the event, and define what happened in each event

Timeline of Events  You must include the following events in your timeline (as well as the dates): 1. Resistance against the Japanese in World War II 2. Chinese Civil War (Communists vs. Nationalists) 3. Involvement of the US and the USSR in Southeast Asia 4. Invasion of Tibet and Dalai Lama fleeing to India 5. Agrarian Reform Law of Great Leap Forward 7. The Red Guards and the Cultural Revolution

Warm Up  Why was the “Great Leap Forward” really a Great Leap Backward?  Why and how did the USA and the USSR get involved in China under Mao Zedong?

Learning Objectives  Synthesize material from World War II-The Cold War  Prepare for Test  Enhance study skills

Mini-Quizzes  Take a classmate’s mini quiz and record you answers on a separate sheet of paper  If you didn’t do this homework assignment, do it now, and you will still earn some credit

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