Jeopardy The Cold War Cold War II Potpourri $100 $200 $300 $400 $ $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Final Jeopardy The Cold War Turns Hot The End of the Cold War

$100 The Cold War Q: Alliance formed to stop the spread of communism?

$100 The Cold War R: NATO

$200 The Cold War Q: Name 2 things families would typically see or hear on tv during the cold war era?

$200 The Cold War R: “Duck and cover” Bert the turtle

$300 The Cold War Q: The Purpose of Marshal’s Plan objective was to build up European countries economy so they….

$300 The Cold War R: Wouldn’t be susceptible to Communism. Or Could fight off Communism themselves

$400 The Cold War Q: Truman Doctrine was 1 st used in Greece and Turkey because?

$400 The Cold War R:R: There was a direct threat of Communism taking over there. Stalin wanted the Dardanelles Strait.

$500 The Cold War Q:Q: What was the 1 st Conflict of the Cold War the western allies faced?

$500 The Cold War R:R: Berlin Blockade

$100 Cold War II Q: What was the name of the alliance set up by the Soviet Union and their Eastern European allies?

$100 Cold War II R: Warsaw Pact

$200 Cold War II Q: What did Churchill call the division of Europe between Communist and non- Communist countries?

$200 Cold War II R: Iron Curtain

$300 Cold War II Q: What was the purpose of the Berlin Blockade? AND Was it successful? explain

$300 Cold War II R: Purpose: To starve W. Berlin so that they would give up and the SU could control all of Berlin. Successful???: NO bc of the Berlin Airlift where we sent 12,500 tons of supplies daily

$400 Cold War II Q: Who were the “Big 3” at the Potsdam conference and what threat was made?

$400 Cold War II R: Truman, Attlee(who replaced Churchill) and Stalin Truman threatened Stalin with a very powerful weapon (the atomic bomb)

$500 Cold War II Q: Name 4 events that escalated the Cold War

$500 Cold War II R: The Manhattan Project Satellite Nations Dropping the bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima Check Point Charlie The Berlin Blockade the Berlin Wall

$100 Manhattan Project Q: What was the name of the atomic bomb that was first tested on US soil?

$100 Manhattan Project R: Trinity

$200 Manhattan Project Q: Who developed the atomic bomb?

$200 The Cold War Turns Hot R: Julius Robert Oppenheimer

$300 Manhattan Project Q: Name the bomb dropped on Hiroshima and the one dropped on Nagasaki:

$300 Manhattan Project R: Hiroshima- Little Boy Nagasaki – Fat Man

$100 The End of the Cold War Q: What was Detente?

$100 The End of the Cold War R: An international agreement to ease tensions b/t the two superpowers in the 1970s

$200 The End of the Cold War Q: Who changed the social and economic reforms in Russia, leading to the end of the USSR and Berlin Wall?

$200 The End of the Cold War R: Gorbachav

$300 The End of the Cold War Q: When did the USSR fall?

$300 The End of the Cold War R: 1991

$400 The End of the Cold War Q: Why did NATO form and what was its’ purpose?

$400 The End of the Cold War Why? Because the UN due to permanent members having veto power, they were unable to get involved. Purpose: To protect Western Europe from the Soviet Union

$500 The End of the Cold War Q: Who said the following and who was he saying it to? “Mr. ______________, tear down that wall!”

$500 The End of the Cold War Who said it: Ronald Reagan He said it to Gorbachev.

$100 mix Q: Why was the Berlin Wall built in 1961?

$100 mix R: The blockade failed and economy declining due to so many East Germans fleeing to W. Berlin.

$200 What was the goal of the U.S. throughout the Cold War?

$200 mix Stop the spread of Communism. = Containment – Truman Doctrine

$300 mix Besides spreading Communism, what was the other goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

$300 mix Create a buffer zone of friendly (Communist) countries in Eastern Europe to make it harder for any country to invade.

$400 mix Name 3 big differences between Capitalism and communism.

$400 Look at notes

$500 Who said the following and explain what it means: “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.”

How much?

Q: Describe a key difference between the leadership of Stalin, Khrushchev, and Gorbachev

A: Stalin- Secret Police, Power hungry dictator, wanted to spread communism, extreme censorship Krushchev: destalinization, continued maintaining wall Gorbachev: Tore down wall, more democratic tendencies

Final Jeopardy The Spokes person gets to make up any question they want. –Tell them the subject and give each team time to make –a wager…$0-$ what they have so far.

Final Jeopardy