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Potpourri
100
This was the United States overall policy of stopping the spread of communism?
What is Containment?
100
This man was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
100
This was the conference where the "Big 3" decided to split Germany up into 4 different zones.
What is the Yalta Conference?
100
This barrier splits North and South Korea.
What is the DMZ (38th Parallel)?
100
This man helped to end the Apartheid in South Africa
Who is Nelson Mandela?
200
This authorized the United States to send over $13 billion to Europe to help stop the spread of communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
200
This was the agreement between the United States and USSR to reduce nuclear arms.
What is SALT I?
200
This was when Stalin set up a military blockade to prevent the Allies from getting to West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Blockade?
200
This is the idea that if one country falls to communism, others will follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
200
This Middle East country was created by the United Nations after WW II
What is Israel?
300
This said that the United States would sent troops wherever needed to stop the spread of communism
What is the Truman Doctrine?
300
This leader was the last of the Soviet Union. He helped to move Russia from Communism to Capitalism with policies such as glasnost and perestroika.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
300
This was when the United States and its Allies flew supplies into West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
300
This herbicide was used to kill dense, jungle growth in the Vietnam war.
What is Agent Orange?
300
This is the event that split up India into three different countries in 1947.
What is the Indian Partition?
400
This was the Cold War military alliance that the United States was a part of.
What is NATO?
400
This is the Cold War military alliance that the USSR was a part of.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
400
This was the physical structure that separated East and West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Wall?
400
This student protest in China led to the iconic Tank Man incident.
What is Tiananmen Square?
400
This was a failed attempt by the United States to overthrow Fidel Castro.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
500
This man was the President who decided to drop the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively beginning the Cold War.
Who is Harry Truman?
500
This man is the current president of Russia
Who is Vladimir Putin?
500
This is the year that the Berlin Wall fell, eventually leading to Germany becoming a unified country again. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"
What is 1989?
500
After the Iranian Revolution, the country of Iran adopted this type of government.
What is a theocracy?
500
This is the terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks
What is Al Qaeda?
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