Global Studies Quiz

(Cold War)

Choose and answer 5 of the following questions. Be sure your answers contain detailed
information. Each question worth 4 points and an extra point will be added according to the
detail of your answer. The quiz will be graded in total of 20 points, but with extra credit for each
question, you will be able to receive up to 25 points. Enjoy 😊

1. What were some of the differences between Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin's philosophy
that caused the Cold War?

2. How many countries formed the Soviet Union? What did Gorbachev do that caused the fall
of the Soviet Union and how did the United States accelerate the fall of the Soviet Union?
(Think of what Ronald Reagan's strategy! Why did he accelerate it?)

3. How is the competition similar and how is it different from the tension between China and
the past tension between the Soviets?

4. Why did the Soviet Union and the United States divide Korea in the first place?
5. Pol Pot took over Cambodia, especially Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia without
breaking a sweat! Tell me why it was so easy for him to transform Cambodia into
communism.

6. Wrapping up, how has the Cold War (which started 80-30 years ago) continue to shape
countires like Cambodia, Korea, and some African countries (Mozambique, Ethiopia, Angola)
today? How did that effect the world and especially the United States? (Hint: Mr.Kim in the
North)