Time-Line of Events
Leaders
The Cold War
Proxy Wars
Chinese Revolution
100
Cultural Revolution + Chinese Civil War + Four Modernizations + Opium Wars
Opium Wars --> Chinese Civil War --> Great Leap Forward --> Four Modernizations
100
_____________, the leader of the Cambodian Genocide, killed millions innocent people.
Pol Pot
100
Name two ways in which the United States competed with the Soviet Union during the Cold War
Politically (Dem. vs. Comm.) + Economically (Capitalism vs. Socialism)
100
Name 3 examples of proxy wars that took place during the Cold War
Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuban Revolution, Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Cambodian Civil War/Genocide
100
Which group of people helped Mao Zedong win the Chinese Civil War?
Peasants
200
French Revolution + Cuban Revolution + Bolshevik Revolution
French Revolution --> Cuban Revolution --> Bolshevik Rev
200
________________, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, influenced other leaders of Communist revolutions in China, Vietnam and Cuba.
Vladmir Lenin
200
Which two alliances developed during the Cold War: Democracies: Communist Countries:
Democracies: NATO Communists: Warsaw Pact
200
Which 9/11 terrorist gained power after the United States supported his group during the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan?
Osama Bin Laden
200
Great Leap Forward: Mao Zedong _______________: Joseph Stalin
Five Year Plan
300
Korean War + World War II + Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles --> WWII --> Korean War
300
The nationalist leader of Vietnam, __________________, fought against the French and led the war against South Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh
300
The Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine were both economic policies put in place to stop the spread of communism. What is the name given to that policy?
Containment
300
Which event involving nuclear missiles in Cuba and Turkey almost caused a hot war between the United States and Soviet Union?
Cuban Missile Crisis
300
Which event in 1989 had tanks roll over pro-democracy protesters in China?
Tienanmen Square Massacre
400
Berlin Airlift + Fall of the Berlin Wall + Cuban Missile Crisis + WWII
WWII --> Berlin Airlift --> Cuban Missile Crisis --> Fall of the Berlin Wall
400
_______________, creator of the Great Leap Forward, attempted to increase industrial and agricultural productivity in China, but failed.
Mao Zedong
400
What term was given to the imaginary line that divided the Democratic side of Europe from the Soviet/Communist side?
The Iron Curtain
400
How were the 38th parallel in Korea and the 17th parallel in Vietnam similar?
The Divided communist from non-communist sides
400
What was the purpose of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations program?
To have more Free-Market/Capitalism in China
500
Gorbechev + Lenin + Stalin + Yeltsin
Lenin --> Stalin --> Gorbechev --> Yeltsin
500
Leader of the Cuban Revolution, _____________________, used armed conflict to bring Communism to power.
Fidel Castro
500
What is the name given to the competition between the United States and Soviet Union to build the best/most nuclear weapons?
The Arms Race
500
What is the name of the political party that won the Cambodian Civil War and committed the Cambodian Genocide?
Khmer Rouge
500
What was considered required reading the Cultural Revolution in China?
Mao's "Little Red Book"
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