World Wars
What new type of warfare was introduced and became notorious during World War I?
Trench Warfare
Who led China’s Communist Revolution?
Mao Zedong
What did Winston Churchill call the symbolic divide between East and West Europe?
The Iron Curtain
Who was the only U.S. president to resign from office?
Richard Nixon
On which two cities did the U.S. drop atomic bombs during WWII?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Indian leader who used nonviolence?
Mahatma Gandhi
What was the Berlin Airlift?
A U.S.-led effort to supply West Berlin during a Soviet blockade in 1948
Which president made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
Harry S. Truman
What event sparked the Rwandan Genocide in 1994?
The assassination of the Rwandan president and ethnic tensions
What treaty ended World War I?
The Treaty of Versailles
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain known for rallying the nation during WWII?
Winston Churchill
Which U.S. President is credited with helping end the Cold War?
Ronald Reagan
What was FDR’s plan to help the U.S. recover from the Great Depression?
The U.S. placed an embargo on which island nation after 1959?
Cuba
Fascism rose to power in which country before WWII?
Italy
Who became the first black president of South Africa after the end of apartheid?
Nelson Mandela
What was the purpose of NATO?
To form a military alliance against Soviet expansion
Who was president during the Gulf War and once served as the director of the CIA?
George H. W. Bush
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
To rebuild European economies after WWII and prevent communism
How did the Vietnam War and Desert Storm differ in public perception and outcome?
Vietnam was long and unpopular with unclear success; Desert Storm was short, successful, and widely supported
Which Soviet leader introduced reforms like glasnost and perestroika in the 1980s?
Mikhail Gorbachev
What was a major result of the Yalta Conference?
Germany was divided, and postwar Europe was planned—leading to Cold War tensions