Reagan, Revolutions & Realpolitik
Reagan promoted “peace through ___________.”
What is strength?
This Ugandan dictator was nicknamed the “Butcher of Uganda.”
Who is Idi Amin?
This 1973 conflict triggered the oil embargo that shocked global economies.
What is the Yom Kippur War?
China's premier gave these animals to the United States after Nixon's 1972.
What are panda bears?
This Nicaraguan group was supported by the U.S. against a socialist government.
Who are the Contras?
This British Prime Minister was known as the “Iron Lady.”
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
This Panamanian leader was removed by U.S. invasion in 1989.
Who is Manuel Noriega?
What is the Yom Kippur War was fought with the Arab states of Syria and Egypt against?
What is Isreal?
The 1989 Chinese government crackdown hardliners and moderates resulted in a miltiary massacre known as . . .
What is Tiananmen Square?
This leftist government in Nicaragua was opposed by the Contras.
What are the Sandinistas?
This scandal involved secretly selling arms to Iran to fund Nicaraguan rebels.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
This Iraqi dictator invaded Kuwait in 1990.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This group of countries used oil as a political weapon against Western nations.
What is OPEC?
This group was arrested after Mao Zedong’s death, signaling the end of radical policies.
Who are the "Gang of Four?"
This U.S. invasion removed a Marxist regime in 1983.
What is Grenada?
This 1982 war was fought between Britain and Argentina over islands in the South Atlantic.
What is the Falklands War?
This Libyan leader was targeted by U.S. airstrikes in 1986.
Who is Muammar Gaddafi?
This was a major economic consequence of rising oil prices in the 1970s.
What is global recession / stagflation?
This movement sent urban youth to rural areas during Mao’s rule.
What is the “Down to the Countryside” movement?
Manuel Noreiga retreated here before his arrest.
What is the Vatican embassy?
This 1991 conflict expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait.
What is the Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)?
This Romanian dictator was overthrown and executed in 1989.
Who is Nicolae Ceaușescu?
This region experienced rapid wealth growth due to oil exports in the 1970s–80s.
What is the Middle East (Persian Gulf states)?
This movement (1966–1976) aimed to purge capitalist influences.
What is the Cultural Revolution?
This coordinated campaign targeted leftist movements across Latin America.
What is Operation Condor?