Superpowers Face Off
China
Korea
Vietnam
Misc. Cold War
100
This is the name of the policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism
What is containment
100
This leader won China's civil war
Who is Mao Zedong
100
Where was the border between North Korea and South Korea at the beginning of the Korean war?
What is the 38th Parallel
100
This man led the Communists in Vietnam
Who is Ho Chi Minh
100
What were the third world countries?
What is countries that were not aligned with either superpower
200
This term was used by Winston Churchill to represent the division between a mostly democratic Western Europe and a Communist Eastern Europe
What is "iron curtain"
200
The civil war in China was fought between these two groups
What is Nationalists and Communists
200
This was the original commander of the United Nations Forces in the Korean War
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
200
This man led the anti-communist movement in Vietnam
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem
200
The U.S. and the Soviet Union had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet Missiles in this country
What is Cuba
300
This was an alliance between the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies
What is the Warsaw Pact
300
The Nationalist forces retreated to this island at the end of the war
What is Taiwan
300
This is what President Truman and Douglas MacArthur disagreed strongly about during the war in Korea.
What is the use of nuclear weapons
300
This idea was the major justification for U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War
What is domino theory
300
This event was a failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro
What is the Bay of Pigs
400
This program offered food, machinery, and other materials to rebuild Western Europe
What is The Marshall Plan
400
During the cultural revolution who were the "new heroes" of China?
What is peasants?
400
When did Chinese troops enter the war in Korea?
When the fighting neared China's border
400
Which president called for the "Vietnamization" of the Vietnam war?
Who is Richard Nixon
400
This French word means "loosening" and was used to describe Nixon's policy of lessening Cold War tensions
What is detente
500
This was the first satellite to be launched into space by any country.
What is Sputnik I
500
Describe the long-term effects of the Cultural Revolution
What is widespread chaos that closed down factories and threatened farm production
500
This is the name of the leader of Communist North Korea after the Korean War ends
What is Kim Il Sung
500
The Khmer Rouge was the Communist government in which country
What is Cambodia?
500
This exiled leader led the religious opposition to Western Influences in Iran.
Who is Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
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