Americas
This man was the Communist dictator of Cuba
Who is Fidel Castro
This organization was established in 1949 to provide collective security against the Soviet Union
NATO
This 1979 event led to the overthrow of the Shah and the founding of an Islamic Republic
Iranian Revolution
Who was the leader of the Vietnamese independence and communist movement following WW2?
Ho Chi Minh
This state on the Horn of Africa is notorious for its modern day piracy which inspired the film Captain Phillips
Somalia
This 1982 conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina was fought over the sovereignty of a small group of islands in the South Atlantic.
What is the Falklands War
This US policy helped rebuild Europe with American funding after WW2
Marshall plan
This anti-government movement swept through the entire Middle East from 2010-2012. Many have commented on the role of social media in this event.
Arab Spring
Chiang Kai-shek and his Chinese nationalists fled to this island after their defeat in the Chinese Civil War
Taiwan
in 2011 this African nation became the most recent state to achieve independence. They also almost beat the US in basketball this summer.
South Sudan
The US-backed operation to overthrow the Cuban government in 1961 ended in failure at this location.
Bay of Pigs
This conflict in the 1990s saw the breakup of a Balkan nation, leading to widespread ethnic violence and NATO intervention
What are the Yugoslav Wars
This conflict between Egypt and Israel in 1973 saw significant US and Soviet involvement, raising tensions during the Cold War
What is the Yom Kippur War?
This man was the US Secretary of State who visited China and engineered the Sino-Soviet split
Henry Kissinger
In 1994, this African country experienced a genocide in which the international community was widely criticized for its failure to intervene
Rwanda
This ruler become the dictator of Chile after a 1973 coup with US support overthrew the government of Salvador Allende
Augusto Pinoche
This man was the first president of the Russian Federation
Boris Yeltsin
In the 1970s and 1980s, a young Osama Bin Laden began his life as a mujahideen by fighting this nation in Afghanistan
Soviet Union
This 1968 military offensive by the North Vietnamese marked a turning point in US public opinion about the Vietnam War
What is the Tet Offensive?
This 2012 attack on a US diplomatic compound in Libya resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including the US Ambassador, and sparked major political debates in the United States
What is the Benghazi attack?
In 1989 the US overthrew this central American dictator notorious for drug smuggling after his nation killed two marines
Manuel Noriega
This border crossing in Berlin demarcated US-backed West Germany and Soviet-controlled East Germany and saw multiple standoffs which nearly escalated into war
Checkpoint Charlie
This US President ordered a risky special forces operation to rescue American prisoners captured in Iran
Jimmy Carter
President Harry Truman fired this general after he recommended a nuclear first strike against China during the Korean War
Douglas MacArthur
This nation is the only state to voluntarily disarm its nuclear arsenal outside of the Soviet bloc
South Africa