The Cold War

Send the activities on Monday

ACTIVITIES:

1. Who were the two competing powers of the Cold War, and what did they each want?
2. What was behind the “Iron Curtain”, according to Winston Churchill?
3. Why did the USA drop the first atomic bomb, and what was the consequence of this?
4. Where did the Cold War start and how was it “fought”?
5. How was the strategy of “containment” used by the US?
6. What was the nuclear arms race, and what was so dangerous about it?
7. Where and how did the Cold War get “hot”?
8. What were the three “worlds” and why don’t we use those terms now?
9. What were some problems with Soviet communism that led to its downfall?
10. How did Mikhail Gorbachev help end the Cold War?