H4 Cold war start & Cuba Crisis

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The Cold War

What is Zionism?

The occupied areas by Israel are the Golan Hights, Westbank, Gaza strip and

1. Lebanon
2. Sinaï Peninsula
3. Tel Aviv

Lesson goals

At the end of the lesson:

- Can you describe the essence of the Cold War

- Do you understand the impact of the use of nucleair weapons

Tekst

WB 3.3: 2, 4, 5a, 8, 9 & 11

     WB 3.4: 3, 4, 9, 10 & 3.5: 1, 6, 9 

The Cold War is a war between the USA and

1. Europe
2. China
3. Soviet Union
4. India

Agreements of Yalta conference
that are similar to Treaty of Versailles

1. Garmany demilitarised
2. Nazi war criminals put to trial
3. Garmany had to pay reparations
4. Germany had to split into four occupation zones

Truman doctrine meant to avoid more coutries having a communist goverment

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

According to Marshall, poverty could lead to communisme

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Marshall refused to offer Marshall aid to Eastern bloc coutries

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Truman Doctrine was to help coutries economical and military wise, to keep them from communism

1. True
2. False

Waschau pact and NATO are alliances in case countries would be under attack

1. True
2. False

Why was Berlins wall built

1. to prevent people from West Berlin entering East Berlin
2. to protect East Berlin from possible invasion
3. to prevent people from East Berlin entering West Berlin
4. to protect the communist economy of East Germany

Difference between BDR & DDR =

4.1: 3, 6, 7, 8, 10 

VIDEO

Write down in summary of 10 sentences what the video was about using the following sentence starters:

1) The cold war started after WW II .........

2) The USSR & USA ......

3) The Iron Curtain ......

4) The USA introduced the Marhall Plan .....

5) Nato & Warschau Pact are ......

6) Germany was divided into .... Berlin too .....

7) The Berlin Blockade was started by ... because .....

8) The Berlin Wall was builded .....

9) ...... 10) .......

 

What do you see here? 

Describe the keyword 'Cold War' in one sentence.

Google 'Checkpoint Charlie'
What is Checkpoint Charlie?

Reasons for the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

• How important were the respective security concerns of the superpowers in creating the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• To what extent was ideology a cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• “Kennedy laid the blame for the Cuban Crisis firmly at the Soviet Union’s door, saying that Chairman Khrushchev had to ‘halt this clandestine, reckless and provocative threat to world peace.’” How far do you agree with the view that Khrushchev and the Soviet Union were to blame for the Cuban Crisis?

TO DO

1) Cuba Crisis

2) WB 4.2: 1, 4, 5, 8, 11 &  Hand-out CUBA CRISIS

3) Read 4.3 (VIETNAM WAR) --> 3 questions in Magister 

Which statement is false

1. USA & SU became involved in a space race
2. SU was the first nation to send a satellite into space
3. Neil Amstrong wasa the first human in space
4. Space race was very expensive for USA & SU

First Chinese communist leader was

1. Ho Chi Ming
2. Mao
3. Lenin
4. Tito

This is

1. Kennedy
2. Mao
3. Chroesjtsjov
4. Reagan

These man are ...

CAUSES OF THE CUBA CRISIS

ELO

Reasons for the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 ...

• How important were the respective security concerns of the superpowers in creating the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• To what extent was ideology a cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• “Kennedy laid the blame for the Cuban Crisis firmly at the Soviet Union’s door, saying that Chairman Khrushchev had to ‘halt this clandestine, reckless and provocative threat to world peace.’” How far do you agree with the view that Khrushchev and the Soviet Union were to blame for the Cuban Crisis?

Why did the USA lose the war in Vietnam?

• To what extent were American military tactics responsible for their failure in Vietnam?

• How important was negative public opinion in America as a reason for the USA’s loss in the Vietnam War?

• To what extent did the American forces fail in Vietnam due to weaknesses in their South Vietnamese allies?

WB 4.2: 1, 4, 5, 8, 11