World War II
Atomic Weapons
Berlin wall/airlift
Korean War
Space Race
100
These countries made up the "Big Three" allies during WWII.
What are England, U.S.S.R. and U.S.A.
100
The Americans called their project to develop an atomic weapon this New York style name.
What is Manhattan Project
100
After WWII this is the term the divided zones of Germany were called.
What is zones of occupation.
100
The Korean peninsula is located in this continent.
What is Asia.
100
This was the first man-made object sent into orbit.
What is Sputnik 1.
200
These men were the leaders of the "big three" allies during W.W.II.
Who are Churchill, Stalin and F.D. Roosevelt.
200
This western state saw the first atomic test detonation.
What is New Mexico.
200
Berlin is located within this countries zone.
What is the Soviet zone of occupation.
200
This American general who often smoked a corn-cob pipe was the leader of the allies army.
Who is Douglas MacArthur.
200
This was the first American in space.
Who is Alan Shepard.
300
This country was permitted to enter Berlin first to finish off the Third Reich once and for all.
What is the U.S.S.R.
300
These two Japanese cities were the only cities to have atomic bombs dropped on them.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
300
This American President authorized an airlift of food and supplies into Berlin after the Soviet leader closed off access to this city.
Who is Harry Truman.
300
These Communist countries supported the North Koreans.
Who are China and the Soviet Union.
300
This was the first man in space, beating the Americans by three weeks.
Who is Yuri Gagarin.
400
The allied leaders met at this site in the Crimea in 1945 to discuss post-war plans.
What is Yalta.
400
This is the year that the Americans first detonated the first hydrogen bomb.
What is 1952.
400
This American President asked Soviet leader Gorbachev to "tear down this wall".
Who is Ronald Reagan.
400
The conflict was eventually settled with both sides deciding to honor an armistice along this parallel line.
What is the 38th parallel.
400
The name the Soviets call their spacecraft.
What is Soyuz.
500
At the end of World War II in Europe the Americans signed a peace treaty in this country and the Soviets signed their own peace treaty in this country.
What are France (U.S.) and Germany (U.S.S.R.)
500
This is the year that the Soviets first tested their own hydrogen bomb.
What is 1953.
500
This American President said "We are all Berliners" in 1963.
Who is John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
500
After the conflict, over 7,500 Americans were still listed as ____________ in action.
What is Missing.
500
These two Americans were the first men to set foot on the moon in1969.
Who are Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin.
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