World Leaders
First Leader of Communist China
Mao Zedong
What 2 nations was the Cold War between?
USSR and United States
Soviet Union response to the formation of NATO with their own defense coalition named
Warsaw Pact
A revolution against a Soviet-supported East European nation led by workers and peasants
Hungarian Revolution
Imaginary line between the Soviet Bloc and the western world
Iron Curtain
Soviet Premier from 1924 until his death in 1953
Joeseph Stalin
What was the First Major Proxy War of the Cold War?
Korean War
This Movement was formed in 1955 by nations who did want to take sides between the Soviet Union (USSR) and United States
Non-Aligned Movement
A Revolution in a Caribbean Island nation from 1953 to 1959 leading to the rise of a Communist Regime
Cuban Revolution
What was the foreign policy of the United States that was used throughout the entire Cold War?
Truman Doctrine
President of the United States, Created a policy that dictated the US response to authoritarian/communist rule throughout the Cold War
Harry Truman
The most tense situation of the entire Cold War occurring in October of 1962 between the United States and Soviet Union, led to a direct hotline between the White House and the Kremlin
Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962
What is the spread of nuclear weapons to nations who do not have nuclear capabilities?
Nuclear Proliferation
Reform Movement in Czechoslovakia during 1968
Prague Spring
What was the name of the conference that split post-war Europe?
Yalta Conference
Founder of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President of Vietnam from 1955 until his death in 1969
Ho CHi Minh
What parallel was the Korean Peninsula split between the Communist North and Democratic South?
38th Parallel
Name 5 Countries of the Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization
US, UK, France, Italy, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, Luxemburg, Norway, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Netherlands
What Revolution was between the Sandinistas and Contras?
Nicaraguan Revolution
Who is the first man in space and what country is he from?
Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Union
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989
Ayatollah Khomeini
What incident between the United States and Soviet Union in 1960 increased the tensions of the Cold War?
U-2 Incident
What is the 1st Independent Black nation of Africa?
Ghana
Civil War in an African Nation, was also a proxy war with both the United States and Soviet Union backing different groups
Angolan Civil War
What 3 nations were involved in the Yom Kippur War?
Egypt, Syria, Israel