Overview of Communism
Who created the idea of communism?
Karl Marx
What two countries typically aided other countries in proxy wars?
The United States, and the Soviet Union
What country currently has the most nuclear weapons?
Russia
Who was the leader of Cuba?
Fidel Castro
Who was the first person on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What did Richard Nixon call communism?
Evil Empire
What is the purpose of proxy wars?
To aid smaller countries so they win their wars
How many countries have nuclear weapons?
9
What two major cities did the USSR, and Cuba plan to target?
Washington D.C. and New York City
What were the names of the two groups in charge of manned space missions?
The Vostok Program and Project Mercury
What caused many countries to abandon communism?
The fall of the Berlin Wall
What are three proxy wars?
Korean War, Vietnam War, First Indochina War, Soviet Union-Afghanistan War, Suez Crisis, Iranian Crisis, Sand War, Algerian War, Morocco-Algerian War
How many nuclear weapons did Russia have at their peak in the Arms Race?
45,000 in 1986
Where were the missiles found in Cuba?
Near Havana and the Bay of Pigs
Who was the first human in space?
Yuri Gagarin
What were the names of the two alliances? (MUST NAME BOTH).
NATO and The Warsaw Pact
Which proxy war did the United States lose?
The Vietnam War
How many bombs did the United States have at the peak of the Arms Race?
31,000 in 1967
What was the name of the submarine worker who stopped his submarine from firing?
Vasili Arkhipov
Who was the third member of Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin's space mission?
Michael Collins
What three regions did most proxy wars take place in?
East Asia, Middle East, Africa
What was the name of the most powerful nuclear weapon ever deployed?
The Tsar Bomba
What year did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place?
1962
Where on the moon did humans first walk?
The Sea of Tranquility