Midterm++-+Review



Terrorism __(This PowerPoint is a bit involved but it does review the groups)__ Define terrorism and what terrorist acts look like. - See your own Terrorism timelines for review! Munich Olympics in 1972 Key terror groups · Al-Qaeda · Taliban · Hamas

What is the difference between Terrorist group and freedom fighter? Check through your notebooks for the Terrorism Timeline - located on the Student Notebook pages Read through/Skim your Choices Reading Packet on Terrorism from September



Cold War Truman Doctrine · containment Marshall Plan · economic resources to aid in fighting containment of communism Capitalism Communism Berlin Crisis (wall) Iron Curtain Korean War · 38 th Parallel Vietnam War · 17 th Parallel · Ho Chi Minh · My Lai Massacre (innocent killing of civilian women and children by US troops) NATO /Warsaw Pact __Fall of Soviet Union -__ What action led to the end of the Cold War? · Berlin Wall comes down · Perestroika · Glasnost ( the breakup of the USSR or Soviet Union can be found in Chapter 15 of the Legacy textbook) Review your position papers for the Cold War =Cuban Revolution = Fever Model of Revolution,Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista, Cuban Revolution of 1959, Che Guevara, Raul Castro, Mariel Boat lifts  =Nuclear Proliferation = See the Choices Readings Part 1 & 2 know your vocabulary - deterrence, proliferation, containment, mutually assured destruction, nuclear arms race This topic is an offshoot of the Cold War - Follow the links for Nuclear Proliferation page - especially the Bay of Pigs & Cuban Missile Crisis - you have your notes from Cuba in your notebook

United Nations( There could be something very general here- we started off with this) Know the history of how & when the United Nations began Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Who wrote them & what do they include? Study the organs of the UN - Security Council, Secretariat, General Assembly, Economic & Social Council (EcoSoc), International Court of Justice, Trusteeship, - Here is the link that will help you out: []