Russian Revolution
China
1950's and 1960's
Vietnam War
Cold War
100
What was the name of the leader of the Soviets and first leader of the USSR?
Vladmir Lenin
100
What protective barrier is China most famous for?
Great Wall
100
What was Woodstock?
Music festival in NY
100
What theory was the main reason we entered the Vietnam War?
Domino Theory
100
What is meaning of containment policy?
Contain communism where its at and fight to not let it expand
200
What was the name of the leader that took over after Lenin and leader the USSR during WWII
Joseph Stalin
200
What title did the Chinese give their leaders?
Emperors
200
What was the new type of music invented in the 50's adn 60's?
Rock n' roll
200
What are the names of the enemy units in Vietnam?
NVA and Viet Cong
200
What is meaning of the Berlin Wall?
Wall that seperated East and West Berlin.
300
What 2 wars did the Russians lose that lead to their revolution?
WWI and Russo-Japanese War
300
List 3 natural barriers that isolated China.
Seas, mountains, deserts, rivers
300
List 3 inventions of the 1950's.
Wash machine, TV, electric stove, drive-in, muscle car, etc...
300
Describe 3 characteristics of the US war strategy in Vietnam.
Win hearts and minds, search and destroy, destroy Ho Chi Minh trail, protect the South Vietnamese gov't, train ARVN soldiers, etc...
300
What is meaning of Iron Curtain?
Line seperating communist and democratic Europe.
400
What was the titles fot the leaders of Russia before the revolution?
Czars
400
List 4 dynasties of China?
Qin, Shin, Zhou, Shang, Yuang, Tang, Ming, etc...
400
Explain the 5 events/facts of JFK's assination.
Dallas, motorcade, luncheon, book depot, grassy knoll, Lee Harvey Oswald, hospital, LBJ, etc...
400
What law gave President Johnson war power in Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
400
What started the Cold War?
Soviets did not allow free election in Eastern Europe and instead created the Eastern Bloc.
500
List 4 internal reasons why the Russian revolution happened? (Do not include wars)
Poor working conditions, poor standard of living, big gape between rich and the poor, bad Czars, lack of food, etc...
500
With 5 reasons explain why is and was China important to world history?
Large population, inventions, trade, support of communism, military power, silk, etc...
500
Name in order the 7 presidents of the 50's , 60's and 70's.
Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter
500
How did the Vietnam War end?
vietnamization, Nixon, US pull-out, peace treaty, communists take over.
500
How did communism end in Europe? Give 5 examples
Star wars, no red army invasions, end of iron curtain, solidarity, peristroka, glastnost, Reagan, Gorbachev, freedom movements, dissolving the USSR
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