1950s
In 1950, new Chinese leader Mao Zedong signed a pact with what other country?
Soviet Russia
Who had a "Dream?"
Martin Luther King Jr.
What two important, business structures, which would come down less than 30 years later, were built in 1973?
The Twin Towers or The World Trade Center
This former actor became president of the United States in 1981.
Ronald Reagan
What group, dubbed the "crazies," took over 90% of Afghanistan by the mid-1990s?
The Taliban
What year did the Korean War end?
1953
In 1965, where did President Johnson send U.S. troops?
Vietnam
Fed up with becoming too influenced by Western culture, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led a revolution in what country in 1979?
Iran
Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of what country in 1985?
Soviet Russia
Describe the message that the CIA blocked from being sent to the FBI, which potentially could have prevented some of 9/11 happening.
2 known associates of Osama bin Laden were on their way to America, and those two ended up becoming hijackers.
In 1957, Russia sent what into space?
Sputnik
The Civil Rights Act was passed in what year?
1964
In 1979, Soviet Russia invaded what country?
Afghanistan
Leiningen is from this country that, in the 1980s, had a massive economic inflation, crippling the country financially.
Brazil
Saddam Hussein sent his army to invade what Middle East country in 1990?
Kuwait
What Caribbean country had a new leader in 1959, which totally changed the country? (need both country and person to be correct)
Cuba, Fidel Castro
What important South African was jailed in 1962, for nearly 30 years?
Nelson Mandela
This person was hired by the FBI in 1976, would later become obsessed with al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, and would perish on 9/11.
John O'Neill
Who were the Mujahideen?
Collection of Afghanistan rebels fighting back against Communism.
What group name was given to the group of future hijackers who lived in Germany together in the late 1990s?
The Hamburg Cell
Colonization "basically" ended in the 1950s. What is Colonization?
When an established country essentially takes over another country politically and socially.
Why did Israel launch air strikes against Egypt in 1967?
Egypt had placed a blockade on Israel and/or Israel was concerned they were going to be attacked first.
Soviet Russia stayed out of Africa as African nations gained independence. Why?
They thought that taking over other countries was a sign of Capitalism (bonus 100 points if you can point out the irony...)
Two, powerful Middle East countries fought a war in the 1980s. Who were they and why did they fight? (need countries and 1 reason)
Iran/Iraq - Reason: Strait of Hormuz and Religious
The attacks on 9/11, why were the specific targets chosen to be hit? (need at least 2 responses)
Financially/Economically - Cause mass fear - Symbolic Value - Loss of life