"Hot" Proxy Wars
The SIDE that backed North Korea in the Korean War
What is Communist-China/USSR?
The AMERICAN PRESIDENT at the start of the Cold War
Who is President John F. Kennedy?
A tense SITUATION where Soviet missiles were placed in a Latin American country aimed at the US
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The COUNTRY the Suez canal is located in
What is Egypt?
KNOWN to the world as the first person to step on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
The DIVIDING LINE between North and South Korea at the start of the Korean war.
What is the 38th parallel? (North)
This former Chilean PRESIDENT was overthrown by the military that was supported by the Americans.
Who was Salvador Allende?
Famous CUBAN socialist revolutionary that overthrew Dictator Fulgencio Batistia.
Who was Fidel Castro?
This conflict was between the Egyptians and the ________. (Primariily)
Who are the Israelis.
The first Earth SATELLITE sent into space by the Soviet Union.
What is the Sputnik?
The POLITICAL GROUP that fought in South Vietnam supported by the Northern forces. (AKA. National Liberation Front)
What is the Viet Cong?
The FOUNDER of the Indochina Communist Party that asked for Communist backup in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
Rapidly growing cities in Latin America for migrants living in poor conditions
What are Favelas?
This EVENT started the Suez Canal crisis
What is the impact of the nationalization of the Suez Canal?
The year in which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon.
What is 1969?
This GENERAL was relieved from his duties during the Korean war due to his brunt ideas of using the bomb to end the war.
Who is General MacArthur?
This former Guatemalan PRESIDENT was removed from power by the American forces after they made reforms directed against the United Fruit Company.
(2 Possible answers)
Who was Juan Jose Arevalo / Jacabo Arbenz? (either is accepted)
A leader who led a revolution/rebellion against the US while they were occupying Nicaragua.
Who was Augusto Sandino?
These 2 NATIONS supported the invasion of Egypt
Who are Britain and France?
The name of the SPACECRAFT that first landed on the moon
What is the Apollo 11?
This YEAR is when the Americans decide to pull troops out of Vietnam and accept their defeat.
What is 1973?
The SON of the only female prime minister of India that became a PRIME MINISTER himself.
Who was Rajiv Gandhi?
This party was the dominant party in Mexico which was developed in 1920 to 1930.
What is the Party of the Institutionalized Revolution? (PRI)
The major conflict that the Suez crisis was apart of.
(Another name for the crisis)
What is the Second Arab-Israeli War?
This is WHERE the Apollo 11 took off
What is the Kennedy Space Center?