Name: ___________________________

Class: ______
Cold War Web Exercise
Causes:
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/causes%20of%20the%20cold%20war.htm

List the 10 causes from the website above.

1. American fear of communist attack
2. Trumans dislike of Stalin
3. USSRs fear of the American's atomic bomb
4. USSRs dislike of capitalism
5. USSRs actions in the Soviet zone of Germany
6. Americas refusal to share nuclear secrets
7. USSRs expansion west into Eastern Europe + broken election promises
8. USSRs fear of American attack
9. USSRs need for a secure western border
10. USSRs aim of spreading world communism
*Circle the one you feel was most responsible for the Cold War.
WHY do you think this cause was most responsible for the Cold War?
Because the other countries are afraid of the spread of communism while the
USSR is trying to spread it. Its just telling the other countries to try to stop them
which leads to the cold war.
ALLIANCES: Warsaw Pact vs. NATO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
List the members of the Warsaw Pact (Soviet Satellite Nations):
1. Soviet Union
2. Albania, Poland
3. Romania

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5.
6.
7.

Hungary
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria

List the members of NATO:

1. Belgium
2. Canada
3. Denmark
4. France
5. Iceland
6. Italy
7. Luxembourg
8. Netherlands
9. Norway
10. Portugal
11. The United Kingdom
12. United States
13.Greece
14.Turkey
15.Spain
16.Poland
17.Albania
COLD WAR PROPAGANDA
http://jackiewhiting.net/Collab/ColdWar/Propaganda/Propaganda.htm
USA: Choose one of the propaganda posters shown (in color).
Title: Radioactive Fallout can Reach your Farm
Description: It shows farm land and a nuclear explosion in the distance and it states
protect your family and farm land
Emotion it is selling: That you should be prepared for nuclear explosions and it a
serious emotion
Open the movie Duck & Cover. Use the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=BFT8hLjHtuE
What is this describing?
It tell you different ways to take cover from nuclear explosions and how to do it

Why is it a ridiculous idea (i.e. what is wrong with the idea of Duck & Cover

Because it saying you can cover yourself from a nuclear explosion with cloths and
new paper and that the only thing you can get is a burn which is not true because
what will happen is that youll get obliterated.
The threat and fear of nuclear war was present throughout the entire Cold
War era. Many people did not question if there would be nuclear war, but
when. The next sections will help you understand the destructive nature
of nuclear weapons.
GROUND ZERO SIMULATOR
http://www.carloslabs.com/node/16
Type in 77036 in the Ground Zero Google Map box. On the drop down menu, click on
each in order & describe the damage to Sharpstown International School, Houston,
& the USA. Then click NUKE IT.
Note: The blast radius thermal damage will be shown. In the darkest area,
you would most likely not survive the blast. In the lightest color, perhaps
you might survive the blast.
1. Little Boy 15kt= Sharpstown and a couple of houses and streets got obliterated
2. Fat Man 21kt= the blast radius is larger than the little boy
3. Joe 4400kt= the damage is not as bad but the radius of the explosion got
bigger
4. MK28 1.4mt= the range of the explosion got bigger and the damage is alot
5. Tzar Bomba 50mt=the school and a bunch of houses got destroyed and the
radius of the explosion increased
6. B61 340kt= the explosion is not as big but the damage is still alot
7. DF-31 140kt= the damage is a lot and the range of the explosion increased
8. Asteroid Impact= the damage cannot be measured but I can still survie
NUCLEAR BLAST DAMAGE
American Experience . Race for the Superbomb . Nuclear Blast Mapper | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeature/blastmap.html
1. Open up the 1 Megaton Surface Blast.
a. Radius Destruction Circle=1.7 miles
b. Pounds per inch=12

c. ___80____times more powerful than Hiroshima.

2. Open the 1 Megaton Fallout.
a. What is the limit in miles where the radioactive fallout would kill a person?
90 miles that will kill a person
b. How long would it take for a person 90 miles from the blast to die from fallout?
2 to 14 days
c. How many years would it take for the land to be considered safe?
2 to 3 years to be considered safe

PANIC QUIZ
American Experience . Race for the Superbomb . Panic Quiz | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeature/panicquiz.html
Your score?________87__________
AVOIDING ARMEGGEDON Game
http://www.pbs.org/avoidingarmageddon/getInvolved/involved_01.html
Launch the Global Security Simulator & click on the far left Red Nuclear Symbol. Go
through the simulator.
Your Results to:
1. USA=
2. Earth=