Geopolitics — definition?
Study of how geography shapes international relations.
Power — definition?
Capacity to act or influence others.
Distribution of power — role?
Shapes world order and outcomes.
Soft power — meaning?
Influence through attraction and diplomacy.
Yalta Conference — purpose?
Coordinate postwar Europe and UN creation.
Potsdam Conference — focus?
Manage Germany and plan Japan war.
Four occupation zones — in Germany?
Divided Germany into four Allied areas.
Berlin blockade — date?
24 June 1948 to 1 May 1949.
Berlin Airlift — response?
Western supply operation by air.
NATO — founding date?
4 April 1949.
Marshall Plan — aid amount?
$17 billion (1948-1952).
Soviet response to Marshall?
Pressure on Eastern Europe, create COMINFORM.
China’s nuclear test — date?
16 October 1964.
Great Leap Forward — years?
1958 to 1962.
Cultural Revolution — start?
1966.
NSC-68 — main conclusion?
Rearmament needed to counter Soviet nuclear parity.
9/11 attack — date?
11 September 2001.
Answer 18 questions on Postwar Geopolitics and Cold War Dynamics.
1. What best describes geopolitics as used in the course material?
2. On what date did Stalin die?
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