IB 30/35
I took in your outlines for the essay questions that you prepared yesterday at the beginning of class. I finished off the "End of the Cold War" PDF notes that Ms. Phui prepared today. I recommend you watch the CNN Cold War episodes that I posted on the wiki most recently, namely "The Wall Comes Down" and "Conclusions" episode. On Tuesday (March 17th), you will be writing a Paper 3 on the Cold War and the Americas. On Wednesday (March 18th), you will be writing a Social 30-1 style multiple choice test on the Cold War, I'm posting the study guide below.
COLD WAR EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
On Wednesday, March 18th you will have a Cold War Unit Exam. Please see the study guide below. This test will be a Social 30-1 test and it will be all multiple choice test format.
IB 30/35 COLD WAR UNIT FINAL STUDY GUIDE:
Make sure that you know all the Cold War concepts:- deterrence
- disarmament
- isolationism
- appeasement
- collective security
- direct confrontation
- brinkmanship
- containment
- detente
- collective intervention
Know the following key concepts/key people/key events:
- Yalta Conference
- Potsdam Conference
- domino theory
- proxy war
- deterrence
- containment
- superpower
- sphere of influence
- zones of occupation
- Berlin Blockade/Berlin Airlift
- Marshall Plan
- Truman Doctrine
- SALT I
- SALT II
- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- arms race
- Suez Canal War 1956
- Hungarian Revolution 1956
- Prague Spring 1968
- Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 1979
- Korean War
- Helsinki Accord
- Kennedy
- Khrushchev
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Eisenhower
- peaceful coexistence
- satellite state
- Tito
- Yugoslavia
- Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)/Star Wars
- decolonization
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- detente
- NATO
- collective security
- know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines. Please check under Social 30-1 Links on the blog for links to the Cold War timelines)
- know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
- know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
- know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
- know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
- anything that I gave you as a handout/notes on the wiki is testable material and should be reviewed!!
- know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences
Social 30-1
You wrote the "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test" today in class. I've already posted the results on PowerSchool.
Social 10-1
I started a lecture today called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". You can find this lecture on the Social 10-1 wiki under Unit 2 Presentations. I'll finish it off on Monday.
