Jeopardy Cold War Terms WW II People & Places Cold War United Nations Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question Government by the people, voting.

$100 Answer Democracy

$200 Question Economy based on private ownership and competition.

$200 Answer Capitalism

$300 Question Economic system in which industry is owned by the government

$300 Answer Socialism Bonus: How is Communism different from Socialism? Communism-willing to go to revolution to make it happen (Extreme form of Socialism)

$400 Question Government that takes control over many aspects of people’s lives

$400 Answer Totalitarianism

$500 Question People working together to benefit the whole?

$500 Answer Collectivism

$100 Question Why did the USSR want to divide Germany after WWII?

$100 Answer To weaken it and prevent future attacks

$200 Question What was the name of the plan to help the economies of Europe recover after WWII? Bonus if you know the official name

$200 Answer Marshall Plan: European Recovery Program

$300 Question What was a post-war goal of the U.S.?

$300 Answer Maintain peace and prosperity (spread democracy, open markets For trade)

$400 Question Why did the USSR refuse to allow free elections in eastern Europe?

$400 Answer Worried they would elect democratic Governments (align with the US). Wanted a buffer zone of communist nations

$500 Question How did the Japanese change Politically after WWII (give 3 Examples)?

$500 Answer Created a Constitutional Monarchy Where emperor became a figurehead Gave people more individual rights (speech, press, assemble) Women gained right to vote Limited size of the military

$100 Question Who was the British leader to first use the term “Iron Curtain”

$100 Answer Winston Churchill

$200 Question What US general was placed in charge of the occupation of Japan?

$200 Answer Gen. Douglas MacArthur

$300 Question What two countries did Truman want to provide aid to with the Truman Doctrine?

$300 Answer Greece and Turkey

$400 Question George Kennan developed what foreign policy to prevent the spread of Communism

$400 Answer Containment

$500 Question Name two of the conferences where the Allies discussed the post-war world.

$500 Answer Cairo, Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam

$100 Question The blockade of what city ended when world opinion turned against the USSR?

$100 Answer Berlin

$200 Question What might have caused the Soviet Union To distrust the US?

$200 Answer US intervention of Russian Rev. U.S. refusal to recognize USSR until 1933 “Delayed” invasion of Western Europe Most powerful nation (atomic weapons)

$300 Question Name three satellite nations of the Soviet Union? (any more will be bonus points!)

$300 Answer Poland, Hungry, Romania, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia

$400 Question What military pact was formed in response to NATO?

$400 Answer Warsaw Pact

$500 Question What was Joseph Stalin’s primary goal after WWII?

$500 Answer Create a buffer zone in Eastern Europe to Protect Soviet Union from future attacks

$100 Question What is the main goal of the UN?

$100 Answer Maintain world peace and improve standard of living around the world

$200 Question What power does the “big five” of the Security Council have?

$200 Answer Veto Power

$300 Question Who is the Secretary General of of the UN?

$300 Answer Ban Ki-moon From South Korea

$400 Question Name the “Big Five” nations of the UN.

$400 Answer U.S. USSR (now Russia) France United Kingdom People’s Republic of China

$500 Question Name three organs (organizations) with in the UN?

$500 Answer Secretariat, General Assembly, Security Council, International Court of Justice Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council

Final Jeopardy Why was the veto power of the permanent 5 in the UN a problem during the Cold War?

Final Jeopardy Answer Because the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. could veto one another, nothing was accomplished and ineffective.