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. USSRs fear of the Americans atomic bomb.
3. USSRs disliked capitalism.
4. USSRs actions in the Soviet zone of Germany.
5. Americas refusal to share nuclear secrets.
6. USSRs expansion west into Eastern Europe and broken election promises.
7. USSRs fear of American attack.
8. USSRs need for a secure western border.
9. USSRs aim of spreading world communism.
10. Trumans dislike of Stalin.
*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? The Cold
War began with mistrust between the Soviet Union and the Western
democracies.

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.
3. Poland.
4. Romania.
5. Hungary.
6. East Germany.
7. Czechoslovakia.
8. Bulgaria.

List the members of NATO:

1. Belgium
2. Canada
3. Denmark
4. France
5. Iceland
6. Italy
7. Luxembourg
8. The Netherlands
9. Norway
10. Portugal
11. The United Kingdom
12 The United States
13. Greece
14. Turkey

COLD WAR PROPAGANDA

http://jackiewhiting.net/Collab/ColdWar/Propaganda/Propaganda.htm
USA: Choose one of the propaganda posters shown (in color).
Title: N/A
Description: Serving people in need of help due to destruction.
Emotion it is selling: Help people out
Open the movie Duck & Cover. Use the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=BFT8hLjHtuE
What is this describing? To be prepared if there is an atomic bomb.

Why is it a ridiculous idea (i.e. what is wrong with the idea of Duck & Cover) we do
not have shells.
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= would not survive.
2. Fat Man 21kt= would not survive.
3. Joe 4400kt= would not survive.
4. MK28 1.4mt= would not survive. Nuke range is huge.
5. Tzar Bomba 50mt= would survive. Nuke range not so huge.
6. B61 340kt= would not survive. We are in the highest damage point of the Nuke.
7. DF-31 140kt= would not survive. Nuke range will destroy everything.
8. Asteroid Impact= we would not survive. The Asteroid Impact would hit straight to
Houston.
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 pounds per square inch.
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? 250
miles.
b. How long would it take for a person 90 miles from the blast to die from fallout?
Two or fourteen days
c. How many years would it take for the land to be considered safe? 10 years.

PANIC QUIZ
American Experience . Race for the Superbomb . Panic Quiz | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeature/panicquiz.html
Your score?__________________
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= elevated.
2. Earth= high.