Review & Study Guide pg 107-115 (for Text sections 10-2 & 10-3)

1) Marshal Plan –U.S. = Bank which provides loans for rebuilding the places (enemies) destroyed in WW II

2) Truman Doctrine –U.S. offers military “aid” to countries which are fighting communism

3) NATO –An alliance of nations to deter any attacks or action by communist Russia

4) Benelux trade union –predecessor of E.U. Belgium, Netherlands, & Luxembourg

5) European Union (common market) –The “united states of Europe” –one money = euro

6) Warsaw Pact –The USSR’s (Communist Russia’s) alliance to counter NATO (Russia & its satellite nations)

7) Sputnik I –an example of one of the “battles” of the cold war

8) Why was there a power gap after WW II? -The major “imperial” powers of Europe had lost their power in the world –Britain, France, Germany --they were replaced by the only two major countries with power left –U.S. & U.S.S.R. (Communist Russia)

9) Why was the Cold War a dangerous time? –both the U.S. & U.S.S.R. possessed nuclear weapons and were locked in a war of deterrence and both countries were afraid of the other using their weapons which would result in the destruction of the world as they knew it.

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11) Satellite Nations of USSR. Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, East Germanyaa

12) Why was the Soviet Union against any plan that would strengthen Germany? –They had suffered many battles and casualties which were caused by Germany in the past and they did not want to worry about it happening in the future.

13) What were two benefits of glasnost to the Russian People? –They received more freedoms which involved travel, jobs, trade, profits, and way of life.

10-3

1) Europe is becoming a larger economic power in the world

2) Jan 2002 a common currency = Euro started which allows EU citizens to use the same type of money in all countries.

3) The countries have cooperated in areas of science and technology where the costs of research would have been too large for the previously smaller and independent countries.

4) EURATOM was formed to protect workers and the general population from exposure to dangerous levels of radiation and other harmful pollutants.

5) The income gap between the rich/poor have/have nots has become wider (owners of businesses/ workers) –even the nations are developing a wealthy nation and poor nation division

6) International cooperation and increased communications needs to be a larger priority

7) Increasing the provisions for food & health needs of all populations in Europe must be met?

8) Air, Water, & land pollution that occurred by the independent countries must be dealt with as a group now.

9) What happened to all of the Soviet satellite nations by 1991? –All of the satellite nations had thrown off communist rule in favor of some form of democracy.

10) Why do former Soviet republics –now independent countries –have major problems today? –they have major economic problems because they do not have developed economies which can sustain all of their needs. They also experience ethnic tensions, and lack a good understanding of democracy.

11) What would some members of the European Union like to see their collection of countries become? The United States of Europe

12) What Problems were caused by the Soviet Union’s rush to develop, industrialize and compete with other nations in the world? (U.S. in particular) –Over 80 years, in its rush to develop and compete, the Soviet Union did great damage to the natural environment across Europe and Asia. The resulting air, water, and land pollution from these environmental disasters needs to be cleaned up and reversed in order to succeed again.