Directions: Using the provided political cartoon, answer the following questions.1. What is the event or issue that inspired the cartoon?2. Are there any real people in the cartoon? Who is portrayed in the cartoon?3. Are there symbols in the cartoon? What are they and what do they represent?4. What is the cartoonist’s opinion about the topic portrayed in the cartoon?CP US HISTORY: <strong>Cold</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>Packet</strong>
AKS 49f: explain the role of geography on the U.S. containment policy, the Korean <strong>War</strong>, the Bay of Pigs, theCuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam <strong>War</strong>Step 1: On the map labeled “The <strong>Cold</strong> <strong>War</strong> in Europe,” complete the following.1. Label the North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea. Color allbodies of water BLUE.2. Label the <strong>War</strong>saw Pact (Soviet Bloc) nations: the U.S.S.R., Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary,Romania, and Bulgaria. Color these nations RED.3. Label the North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries in Europe: Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway,Belgium, Denmark, West Germany, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Luxembourg, France, and Iceland.(Remember, the U.S. and Canada were also members but are not shown on this map.) Color the NATOnations GREEN.4. Label neutral countries, the ones that were not a part of either treaty organization. Color Ireland, Sweden,Spain, Finland, Switzerland, and Austria YELLOW. Color Yugoslavia and Albania PINK.Step 2: For questions 5 and 6: Please answer at the bottom of your map.5. Looking at the way the map is divided into NATO and <strong>War</strong>saw Pact nations, explain how such a pattern ofalliances could cause suspicions, anxiety, and fear to arise between nations, and how such fears could haveescalated the tensions of the <strong>Cold</strong> <strong>War</strong>.6. Based on the map, why do you think the neutral countries might have been afraid to join either alliance?Place the following events in theproper time period on your owntimeline (can be on the back ofyour map).Berlin AirliftBerlin Wall is builtCuban Missile CrisisKorean ConflictMcCarthyism in the U.S.NATO is organizedfirst SALT agreement is signedU-2 IncidentVietnam <strong>War</strong><strong>War</strong>saw Pact is organizedCP US HISTORY: <strong>Cold</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>Packet</strong>