Cold
War Hot Spots/Key Events
From the end of World War II to
the early 1990s, the Cold War dominated world affairs. The struggle between the Soviet Union and the
United States,
communism and democracy, spurred a series of actions and reactions on both sides. Listed below are important events associated
with the Cold War. You will create an
historical atlas of the Cold War detailing these events and the role they
played in the Cold War.
Requirements:
· The atlas must have a cover
and a back page.
· The atlas has to have four
pages. Each page has a map on
front and explanations on the back.
· On the map show the major
Cold War events that occurred in the world during that decade. You need a map for the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
and 1980s.
· On the back of the map should
be the explanation of the events shown on the front on the map.
This
assignment is due on Monday, May 1st .
DO
NOT CUT and PASTE your explanations! I
will know and you will receive a zero.
There are sources other than the internet! Use your textbook and review
book too!
Events to include:
Korean
War
Sputnik
Cuban
Revolution
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall
Cuban
Missile Crisis
Vietnam
War
U-2
Spy Plane Incident
Prague
Spring
SALT
Nixon’s
visit to China
Cambodia (1975)
Invasion
of Afghanistan
1980
Olympic Games
Solidarity
Star
Wars
Gorbachev
Comes to Power
INF
Berlin Wall Comes Down
