Politics
What was the name of the idea that Communism would infiltrate war torn areas of Europe and that the United States must stop it at all costs?
The Truman Doctrine
What was the name of the modern day replacement of the League of Nations?
The United Nations
Which country was created to be a safe haven for its population but instead causes conflicts to this day?
Israel
Who used peaceful protest in India to gain independence?
Mohatma Ghandi
What proved America won the Space race?
Apollo 11's mission to plant the flag on the moon
What is the name for the American policy of stopping Communism from spreading at all costs?
Containtment
What did the Soviets send into space in 1957 that shocked the world
Sputnik
1st artificial satellite
Which country was partitioned in 1947 and created two separate countries who still fight to this day?
India
Which famous leader spent 25 years in jail and led an anti segregationist movement in South Africa, eventually becoming president?
Nelson Mandela
List the two policies that resulted in the breakup of the Soviet Union:
(Hint: Russian words)
Perestroika
Glasnost
What was the West's response to the Soviet blockade of Berlin?
The Berlin airlift
What was the name of the military arm of the United Nations and what was the Soviet counterpart?
NATO
The Warsaw Pact
What was the name of the South African Segregation policy that was run by the Dutch white minority government?
Apartheid
Which famous Chinese leader won the civil war in 1949 and ran a Communist dictatorship until he died?
Mao Zedong
What was the Chinese plan to rapidly industrialize that ended in a disasterous famine and 20 million+ deaths by starvation?
The Great Leap forward
What was a form of successful containment in which the west used money and supplies to stop the spread of Communism into western Europe?
The Marshall Plan
What policy kept the world from destroying itself in nuclear war?
MAD
Which two countries saw mass genocide in the 90's?
Bosnia and Rwanda
Which U.S. president is given credit for ending the Cold war?
Ronald Reagan
List 3 of the 5 things Sputnik caused in the United States after its launch in 1957:
STEM funding
"Missile Gap" theory
"Domino theory"
NASA
New Technology (Internet)