1. Cold War Hot Spots Map (Ha! See what I did there?)
Target: I can identify the key conflicts of the Cold War.

2. Korean War
Communist North Korea invaded South Korea. We asked the UN for help for S. Korea. Luckily, the Soviet Union wasn’t present, so the UN agreed.
Along with 16 other nations we sent troops to help South Korea.
33,000 US soldiers gave their lives to defend South Korea, and we are still a presence there today

3. Label the 1953 Korean Map North South Capital Cities of both nations
Controlled by Communist
South
Controlled by the United Nations
Capital Cities of both nations
See pg. 568 for help

4. Cuban Missile Crisis
Located just 90 miles from the US, Cuba had turned to Communism.
In 1961, the CIA had attempted to help an overthrow of the Communist Government. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a huge failure for the US
The Soviet Union had built nuclear missile sites in Cuba, we warned the Soviet Union about the actions, and came within minutes of a nuclear war before both sides cooled down.

5. Communist Cuba
Label Cuba, United States
Capital City
Bay of Pigs

6. Label the following items on your map of Vietnam
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Neighboring countries:
Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, China
Saigon (capital of south)
Hanoi (capital of North)
Gulf of Tonkin
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Pg. 573 of your book

7. In your QOD 6.0 files add this to the list…
What happened in each of these events? What is the common element between each of these events in the Cold War?