Quarter 4 Social Studies Exam Study Guide

 Quarter 4 Social Studies Exam Study Guide

Chapter 15 The Cold War

Lesson 1 A Divided World

Big idea: I will know that a powerful United States took responsibility for helping other countries after World War II.

Vocabulary: refugee, communism, capitalism, Iron Curtain, Cold War, propaganda

*Explain the cause and effects of the Marshall Plan

*Explain why the United States and the Soviet Union were enemies in the Cold War

*Explain the concept of the Iron Curtain

*Compare and contrast the Iron Curtain with the Berlin Wall

*Describe the Berlin Airlift

Lesson 2 The Superpowers Compete

Big idea: I will know that one goal of the superpowers during the Cold War was to avoid a “hot” war.

Vocabulary: McCarthyism, arms race, Cuban Missile Crisis

*Describe the cause and effects of McCarthyism

*Describe the arms race

*Describe the Space Race

*Explain the cause and effect of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Lesson 3 Cold War Conflicts

Big idea: I will know that the United States felt a responsibility to fight against the spread of communism.

Vocabulary: proxy war, Korean War, guerilla, Vietnam War, Tet Offensive

*Describe the Korean War

*Describe the cause and effects of the Vietnam War

Lesson 4 The End of the Cold War

Big idea: I will know that American leaders worked to try to end the Cold War.

Vocabulary: arms control, embargo, diplomacy

*Explain how world leaders tried to limit the use of nuclear weapons.

*Describe how the Cold War began to come to an end

*Explain the roles of Reagan and Gorbachev in ending the Cold War

*Explain the events that led up to the fall of the Berlin Wall

*Describe the events leading to the breakup of the Soviet Union and the end of communism in Europe