An era of tension and hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
100
Communist
Is Cuba Communist or Democratic?
100
Buddhism, Hinduism, Muslim, and Sikh.
What are the 4 common religions in Asia?
100
A violent movement formed by Kikuyu farmers.
What is Mau Mau?
100
A struggle between nations to gain an advantage in weapons.
What is an Arms Race?
200
Former British leader, Winston Churchill gave a speech in the United States using the image of an Iron Curtain to describe the sharp division of Europe that was the result of the Soviet actions.
What is the Iron Curtain?
200
Failure. April 1961.
Was the Bay of Pigs Invasion a success or failure. When did it take place?
200
Near the Northern border of India and Pakistan.
Where is Kashmir located?
200
Jomo Kenyatta
Who is a leader of Kenya's nationalist movement?
200
Nations refusing to support either side of a war.
What are Nonaligned Nations?
300
The Truman Doctrine was a pledge to provide economic and military aid to oppose the spread of communism. The Marshall Plan provided $13 billion for rebuilding Europe.
What is the difference between the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?
300
A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
1947.
When did India win its independence?
300
Attempted to create a greater separation between nonwhites and whites and impose harsh controls over nonwhites.
What did Apartheid do?
300
A hydrogen fusion-powered bomb.
What is a Hydrogen Bomb?
400
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was designed to counter Soviet power in Europe. The Warsaw Pact was the alliance of the Soviet Union and the Communist nations of Eastern Europe.
What is the difference between NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
400
90 miles South.
How far is Cuba located from Florida?
400
1955-1975
When did the Vietnam war take place?
400
African National Congress, petitioned the government and held peace protests against Apartheid.
What does ANC stand for? What did it do?
400
The development of or maintenance of military power to deter, or prevent, an attack.
What is Deterrence?
500
A massive effort to supply West Berlin by air.
Describe the Berlin Airlift.
500
Fidel Castro
What was the name of the Cuban dictator?
500
Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
What countries are located in the Pacific Rim?
500
The National Liberation Front.
What is the FLN?
500
Reduced tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.