Who Is This?
Became president of France in 1958
Who is Charles de Gaulle?
War that was fought with words and diplomacy instead of weapons after World War II
What is the Cold War?
Nation that was defeated when it invaded the British colony of the Falkland Islands
What is Argentina?
The United States proposed this plan to help rebuild Europe
What is the Marshall Plan?
Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist (free) forces in China.
What is true?
Became first woman prime minister in Great Britain
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
Foiled a Soviet attempt to take over West Berlin by flying in supplies.
What is Operation Airlift?
European nation divided by Communism after World War II
What is Germany?
Organization that was formed to stop the spread of Communism
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
Enslaved Eastern Europe with Communism after World War II
Organization that was established to promote world peace that is located in New York City
What is the United Nations?
Said of the Korean War that "there is no substitute for victory"
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
Means restructuring
What is perestroika?
The Chinese satellite that was the first man-made satellite was called "Sputnik I"
What is false?
Leader of the Chinese Communists
Who is Mao Tse-tung?
Plan that provided Russian economic "aid" to Eastern Europe which actually benefited Russia at Eastern Europe's expense
What is the Molotov Plan?
Country that aided the Communist takeover in China
What is Soviet Union?
Term used by Churchill to describe the barrier between Communist Europe and free Europe
What is the "iron curtain"?
The Common Market was a step toward European unity.
What is true?
Communist dictator of Cuba.
Who is Fidel Castro?
Effort by Cuban patriots to liberate Cuba which failed because U.S. President Kennedy failed to give promised air support
Caribbean island that was liberated by U.S. forces
Term that means "lessening of tension or hostility between nations"
What is detente?
The Vietnam War ended in a stalemate, with neither side gaining from the war
What is false? (Korean War)