People
The figure who led independence movements in Latin America and created the nation of Gran Colombia
Simon de Bolivar
In Russia, this event led to Tsar Nicholas II's abdication
February Revolution
The colony in central Africa controlled directly by King Leopold II of Belgium
Congo Free State
National Socialist German Worker's Party
The American policy that aid should be given to countries under threat of communist revolution
Truman Doctrine
A creole general and rebel who became Mexico's first emperor
Agustin de Iturbide
During the Cold War, caused by the USSR stationing nuclear missiles near the United States
Cuban Missile Crisis
The US naval base attacked by Japan, causing the US to join World War 2
Pear Harbor
A group of various European countries who established free trade within Europe during the Cold War
European Economic Community
Ideology developed by Mussolini which emphasized militarism and nationalism
Fascism
Saudi Arabian terrorist who led Al Qaeda and the 9/11 terror attacks
A period of intense paranoia and fear of Communism in the United States
Red Scare
The border that divides North and South Korea
38th Parallel
An unsuccessful organization created after World War 1 to enforce the terms of the Paris Peace Conference
League of Nations
The idea that the German people needed to expand eastwards for more living space
Lebensraum
Cuban communist revolutionary who allowed the USSR to station nuclear missiles there
Fidel Castro
A destructive pandemic that killed millions following World War One
Spanish Flu
The sites of the only ever uses of atomic bombs in war
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The alliance that consisted of Great Britain, France, and Russia
Triple Entente
The philosophical trend that claimed that human life was inherently meaningless
Existentialism
Chiang Kai-Shek
A period of loosening tensions between the US and the USSR during the Cold War
Detente
Japan's territory in northern China, controlled by them since 1930
Manchukuo
A group of moderate socialists who participated in the February Revolution
Mensheviks
The Cold War belief that if one country had enough nuclear missiles, it would deter another country from using theirs
Mutual Deterrence