China
What year did Mao and the communist party come to power?
1949
Who was president from 1961-63?
JFK
What happened to Taiwan from the 1950s to 1990s?
Dramatic rise from poverty after colonialism
What was the wall separating East and West Berlin called?
Berlin Wall
1986 Chernobyl
Nuclear plant disaster further revealed dysfunction of communist govt
What was the group of students working for Mao called?
Who was president at the start of the Korean War?
Truman
What year did Japan host the olympics?
1960s, or 1964
How many soldiers did the Soviets keep in East Europe?
Over 1 million
1989 Eastern European...
dictatorships began to fall
What years was the great leap forward from?
1958-1962
Who was president in 1957?
What are the main cities in China?
Beijing, Hongkong, and Shanghai
How many miles inside of East germany was the berlin wall?
200
Mao blamed china's problems on
govt leaders and citizens who had betrayed the true spirit of the communist revolution
Whats the difference between the Great leap forward and cultural revolution?
Great leap forward: People starving bc not being honest about how much grain they are producing
Cultural revolution: Mao wanted China to get as technologically advanced as countries like USA; Red Guards etc
Who was president during the Tianamen square protests?
HW Bush
What is the main city in Singapore
trick question, its a city and a country
Where did the US keep military bases?
France and Germany
The cultural revolution ended ...
After mao died in 1976
the military stepped in to stop the Red Guards
Name at least 2 changes that the communist govt brought
i will grade as you say it
Who visited Mao in China?
Nixon
Britain
Name 7 Soviet Republics
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia (now Belarus), Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgiziya (now Kyrgyzstan), Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia (now Moldova), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Mao called on the Red Guards students to
purify China from western influences and harmful traditional practices.