1) Why did the U.S. drop Atomic weapons on Japan? We spent all the money on making them and we couldn't save them after the war ended. It also saved us some soldiers from battle.  How might these events be considered the beginning of the Cold War? The atomic bomb brought in new means of power that could give control to ether the Americans or Russians.

2) What was the Marshall Plan?  What did it do? It was a plan named after George Marshall and it involved helping Europe by rebuilding factories, opening up coal mines, and replacing or adding new roads.

3) Why did the Cold War develop? It started when the Soviet Union wanted to spread its communist power beyond there boarders.

4) Know the following people: Fidel Castro= He was a leader in Cuba, At first he promised free elections and social reforms. How ever these promises were not kept and he instead, jailed or killed cubans and made his gov communists.

Ho Chi Ming= He was the leader of north Vietnam, which was a communist country.

 Mao Zedong= Is the leader of the people republic of china, he wanted to make china a strong modern country. He made the purge which invovled getting rid of scholars.

Joseph Stalin= He was the leader of the Soviet union, he controlled the only political party in the union and he wanted the soviets to industrialize as quickly as possible. 

 Douglas MacArthur= An american general who commanded the south west pacific in world war 2.

 Chiang Kai-shek= He became the leader of the nationalist party where he later tried to wipe out the communists.

 Neil Armstrong= American austronaut who was first person to walk on moon.

 Mikhail Gorbachev= Leader of Russia soviet union, he gave the plan of people being able to say and write whatever they thought with out fear of punishment. He also pushed the country towards communism.

 Mohandas Gandhi= Indian leader who made a protest against British rule. he went to villages talking about self government. He was a lawyer. He didn't believe in violence but disobedient resilience.

5) Discuss the Berlin Wall.  What was it?  Why was it put up? It was a wall that was used as a threat to surround West Berlin and make it lose its power. This was send hope that all its lacked resources would drive them away.

6) What was the Korean War?  Why did it happen?  Who was involved?  When did it start and end? A battle where the communist north Korea tried to capture all of South korea. The North got aid from The Chinese while south had the Allies to back them up. It went from 1950 and stopped in 1953.

7) What was the Vietnam War?  Why did it happen? Who was involved?  When did it start and end?

8) What was the Space Race?
It was a race to see if the Soviets or the United states could send a satellite to explore space first.

9) What was Mao's main goal for China?
It was to make China a strong modern country. 

10) Who were some of the victims of Mao's purges?
He got rid of the intellectuals, and undesirable communists. 

11) What was the policy of glasnost?  How might this have changed Russia (USSR)?
the soviet union could say and write what they thought with out fear of punishment. free elections were held in which non-communist electives were held free of office.

12) What were most developing nations like right after independence?
They werent doing good because, they were trying to make enough food build plenty of houses and get a good economy because they were uneducated.

13) How did Gandhi use civil disobedience to win independence from Britain?
They ignored the laws that Britain enforced until it finally allowed there ways.

14) Why is 1960 called the "Year of Africa"?
It was when 17 African countries became independent.

15) How did the United States propose to rebuild Western Europe following WWII?
They started a loan program in 1948.

16) Why did the Soviet Union blockade Berlin in 1948?
It was supposed to force the western powers to leave the city.

17) Why did Mao Zedong order the Cultural Revolution?
It was to purge china and make it a strong modern country

18) What changes did Castro make once he came to power in Cuba?
At first he promised free elections and social and economic reforms in Cuba. then he jailed and executed those who opposed him. Also he made the government communist.

19) What were the demonstrators at Tiananmen Square demanding?
they wanted same control over politics like economy.

20) What problems do most African nations face today?
They suffer from food shortages, children not having good education, and bad farming methods.