This organization was formed after World War II in order to promote security and cooperation among the nations of the world.
What is the United Nations?
100
Militia units formed by young Chinese in 1966 in response to Mao Zedong's call for a social and cultural revolution.
What are the Red Guards?
100
The latitudinal line separating North and South Korea. This boundary line did not change, even after a devastating war.
What is the 38th Parallel?
100
American President who said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Who is President Ronald Reagan?
100
The Russian leader who stood on a tank and delivered a televised speech during the August 1991 coup. Became President of the Russian Republic.
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
200
A US policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal / external opponents. Sought to contain the USSR.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
200
The leader of Communist China and the winner of the Chinese Civil War.
Who is Mao Zedong? (Chairman Mao)
200
The leader of US forces in the Korean War (until he was fired by President Truman for going behind his back to generate support for nuking China).
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
200
American President that opposed Nikita Khruschev during the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962? (A perfect example of brinkmanship)
Who is President John F. Kennedy? (JFK)
200
The winner of the Cold War on December 25th, 1991
What is the United States?
300
This program cost the United States approximately 12 billion dollars and helped Europe get back on its feet after World War II. It also encouraged countries to resist communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
300
The corrupt leader of the Nationalists and the loser of the Chinese civil war. Fled to Taiwan and set up a nationalist government with help from the US.
Who is Jiang Jieshi?
300
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This man heard a call for help on the radio and went alone to rescue a Special Forces Team on the Cambodian border on May 2nd, 1968.
Who is Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez?
300
A policy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985, permitting newspaper articles and books critical of the government, and church attendance.
What is Glasnost?
300
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the USSR, introduction of reforms, communism voted out of Poland and Hungary, fall of the Berlin Wall........
What are the events leading to the fall of the USSR?
400
This organization was formed in 1949 after the Berlin Blockade in '48. It consisted of the USA, Canada and ten western European nations.
What is NATO? (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
400
The 1966-1976 uprising in China led by the Red Guards, with the goal of returning China to its agricultural roots. Plunged China into chaos and eventually ended by Chairman Mao himself.
What is the Cultural Revolution?
400
The leader of Communist North Vietnam. Won the Vietnam War. Saigon is now named after him.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
400
Gorbachev's economic and political reform policy, moving away from centralized economic planning and becoming more competitive in world markets.
What is Perestroika?
400
The two policies introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev that acted like a virus on the USSR, leading to great unrest and a push for freedom.
What are Glasnost and Perestroika?
500
This scientific competition between the USSR and USA included Sputnik I, Sputnik II, the Apollo Program, and ended with the First Man on the Moon (We won!)
What is the Space Race?
500
The famous 6,000-mile trek of the Chinese communists, crossing 24 rivers and 18 mountain ranges to flee the Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War.
What is The Long March?
500
The group of communist guerrillas who fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War.
Who are the Vietcong?
500
The Polish dock worker who formed a union called "Solidarity," went on strike in 1980, and eventually became the elected President of Poland. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize. His efforts set in motion the events that eventually led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany.
Who is Lech Walesa?
500
The French "Alamo" -- the battle that cost France its colonies in Indochina.