Name: Darshil Date: 1/2/07

Class: 10

6.1 The Cold War and anti-communism

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1 Make an annotated timeline of Cold War flashpoints and conflicts from
1947 to 1962.

2 Why was Australia involved

in the Korean War and in
Malaya?

We were involved because America was

involved. We were trying to replace

Britain’s image with America’s and in

order to get their alliance and trust,

Australia had to play support. SEACO

and ANZUS greatly affected why were

involved at Malaya.

3 What countries were members

of the ANZUS Pact?

Australia, New Zealand and USA.

4 List the original members of

SEATO.

USA, Britain, France, Australia, New

Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand and the

Philippines.

5 Explain why Australia joined

such alliances.

Firstly, Australia wanted to be safe, and

when Menzies was voted prime

minister, the foreign policy consisted of

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 signing as many treaties, which secured Australia from attacks. The treaties

themselves did not state each other had to support each other, but it was

automatically understood that they had to stick together.

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