Module+1+-+The+Cold+War+and+the+'Red+Threat'

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=Module 1 - The Cold War and the 'Red Threat' =  Home What was the Cold War? **The temporary alliance between the western democracies and the Soviet Union disappeared with the end of the World War II. The Cold War is also named because the two strongest powers on each side (USA and USSR), maintained a hostile position without going to war with each other.**
 * The period called the Cold War began in the late 1940s with renewed hostility between the Soviet Union (USSR) and its former western allies. **

= = COMMUNISM FEARS GRIP AUSTRALIA  **Australia's foreign policy was largely shaped by one thing from 1945 to 1990 - A fear of the spread of communism. **


 * DEFINITION: Communism is a model for running a country where the whole community (not individual people) own the property and its wealth. Communism was supported by some countries but opposed feared by others in the years following World War II up to 1989. In this year, communism collapsed across Eastern Europe, although it is still practiced in China and North Korea. **


 * Communism is often associated with the colour red, from the colour of the flag belonging to Russia, where communism was first introduced in 1917. In this module you find out about Australia’s response to the threat of communism, both within Australia and in Asia. **

What is Socialism? ** Socialism is the idea that the working class, the class that produces the profits, the wealth, the cars, houses, planes, steel, should take over and run things collectively, democratically, for the benefit of the majority (who also "just happen" to be workers too). ** **What is the Difference between Communism and Socialism?**

**Socialism** generally refers to an economic system, while **C****ommunism ** refers to both an economic //and //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> political system.

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">**Module 1 - Activities & Exercises**


**Due Monday** **6th February 2012**
 * Work through the activities and exercises from the document above making sure to save your file .**

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=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Submission** = **You can submit you work in two ways:**
 * 1) Your Class Notes
 * 2) Your Textbook
 * 3) This Wiki
 * 4) Personal Research

**- Copying and pasting you file to my 'Drop Box" in the T Drive/ccostello/Drop Box/Yr 10** **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(N.B. you must copy and paste as you are unable to save to the T Drive) **  - **Sending it as an attachement to my DET email account (I will give you this in clsss)**