CNN Cold War Webquest

Visit the various "Episode pages" starting with the link above. Answer all of the following questions using complete sentences.

While in Episode 1: Comrades go to the interactive game of Brinkmanship: You Make the Call and play the game.

1. What decision did you make?
2. What was the outcome?

Go back to Episode 1 index page and then go to the Interactive Map. Slide you arrow/hand over the 3 headings Prewar-1939, Turning Point-1943, & Cold War-1947.

3. What do you notice about the 3 maps of Europe?

Then go back to the Episode 1 index page, and go to the bottom of the page and go to Episode 2: Iron Curtain

Go to the Episode Recap arrow and enter. Then click on IV Warnings.

4. Summarize the warnings.

Go back to Episode 2 index page.

Go to the interactive game of Brinkmanship: You Make the Call and play the game.

5. What decision did you make?
6. What was the outcome?

Go back to the Episode 2 index page, scroll to the bottom of the page and go to Episode 3: Marshall Plan

Go to the Episode Recap arrow and enter.
Then click on IV The Plan.

7. Summarize the plan.

Then click on VII Fear and Response.

8. What was the Soviet Response?


Go back to the Episode 3 index page.

Go to the interactive game of Brinkmanship: You Make the Call and play the game.

9. What decision did you make?
10. What was the outcome?

Go back to the Episode 3 index page.

Go to the Interactive Map.
Click on the following countries and list how much aid the received in constant 1997 dollars.

11. United Kingdom
12. West Germany
13. France
14. Italy
15. Poland
16. East Germany

Go back to the Episode 3 index page, scroll to the bottom of the page, and go to Episode 4: Berlin

Go the Episode Recap arrow and enter.

17. How is Germany Divided?

Then click on IV New Allies.

18. Who are the New Allies?

Then click on V West-East.

19. Summarize your findings.

Go back to the Episode 4 index page.

Go to the Interactive Map.

20. Describe what you see.

Go back to the Episode 4 index page.

Go to the interactive game of Brinkmanship: You Make the Call and play the game.

21. What decision did you make?

22. What was the outcome?

Go back to the Episode 4 index page, scroll to the bottom of the page, and go to Episode 5: Korea

Go to the Episode Recap arrow and enter.

23. Summarize the Invasion.

Then click on IV China.

24. Summarize China's roles.

Then click on V Stalemate.

25. Summarize your findings.

Go back to Episode 5 index page.

Go to the Interactive Map. Scroll with the arrow over- Invasion- Counter Attack- Chinese Advance- Armistice and see the interactive map.

26. Describe what happened

Go back to the Episode 5 index page.

Go to the interactive game of Brinkmanship: You Make the Call and play the game.

27. What decision did you make?

28. What was the outcome?

Go back to the Episode 5 index page, scroll to the bottom of the page, and go to Episode 6: Reds

Go to the Episode Recap arrow and enter.

29. Summarize "Fear":

Then click on III Witch Hunts.

30. Summarize your findings.

Then click on V Conformity.

31. Who conformed?

Then click on VI Stalin.

32. What happened and what is interesting about it?


Go back to the Episode 6 index page.

Go to the interactive game of Brinkmanship: You Make the Call and play the game.

33. What decision did you make?

34. What was the outcome?

Go back to the Episode 6 index page, scroll to the bottom of the page, and go to Episode 7: After Stalin

Go to the Episode Recap arrow and enter.

35. Summarize Stalin:

Then click on II East Germany.

36. What is going on?

Then click on III NATO- Poland.

37. What is going on here?

Then click on IV Hungry.

38. What is going on here also?

Then click on V Crackdown.

39. What is being cracked down on?

Go back to the Episode 7 index page.

Go to the interactive game of Brinkmanship: You Make the Call and play the game.

40. What decision did you make?

41. What was the outcome?

Go back to the Episode 7 index page.

Go to the Interactive Map, titled Flames of Revolt.

Click on some of the countries and describe what is going on in at least three of them.

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Go back to the Episode 7 index page, scroll to the bottom of the page, and go to Episode 8: Sputnik

Go to the Episode Recap arrow and enter.

45. What is Duck & Cover?

Then click on III Catch Up.

46. Who is catching up?

Then click on IV U2.

47. What impact does this incident have on the Cold War?

Then click on V Disaster/Triumph.

48. What is the disaster and what was the triumph?

Go back to the Episode 8 index page.

Go to Interactive Timeline.

What happened on the following dates in the United States?

49. Jan. 1946

50. Oct. 1958

51. Feb. 1962

52. July 1969

What happened on the following dates in the Soviet Union?

53. Oct. 1957

54. April 1961

55. June 1963

56. March 1965

Then go back to the Episode 8 index page.

Go to the interactive game of Brinkmanship: You Make the Call and play the game.

57. What decision did you make?

58. What was the outcome?