Lenin
Who said "An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent"?
Winston Churchill
Which country won the space race?
For double who was the astronaut?
The Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin
The USA and USSR had nukes just off each other's coasts through these countries.
Cuba and Turkiye
What percent of Europe was affected by Chernobyl?
40% was seriously affected
100% was affected all together
What country is Russia currently at war with?
Ukraine
What four countries watched Germany after WWII?
United States, United Kingdom, France, Soviet Union
What does Sino mean?
Chinese
What is a gulag?
A prison work camp
What is a cold war?
A war without direct fighting
Who killed John F. Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Who were the two first leaders of North Korea and South Korea?
Kim Il-Sung & Syngman Rhee
What does detente mean?
The easing of hostility between countries
Which Russian Federal Subject was believed to bring Russia closer to the Western World?
Kaliningrad Oblast
What was the first major conflict of the Cold War?
The Berlin Blockade
What was the first Soviet atomic bomb called?
"First Lightning" or RDS-1
What was the name of the man who attempted to float over the Berlin Wall with over 1,000 balloons?
Lawnchair Larry
Name three Vietnamese traps we spoke about
Punji Stakes, Toe Poppers, Grenade in a Can, Bouncing Betty, Bamboo Whip, The Mace, Flag Bombs, Snake Pits
What countries were in the G8?
USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Russia
What 9 countries were in the Warsaw-Pact in 1955?
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union
In the 1960s what countries had nuclear weaponry?
For double how many nukes were there in total?
United States of America
Soviet Union
People's Republic of China
United Kingdom
French Republic
42,387
Name five Soviet torture methods
Tapik (Call a Friend/Call to Putin)
Slonik (Elephant)
Lastochka (Swallow)
Konvertik (Envelope)
Press-Khata (Pressing Room)
etc.
What were the key causes for the dissolution of the Soviet Union?
Economic Failure, Political Reforms, Nationalist Movements, Failed August 1991 Coup, and Chernobyl
Who did Putin grant immunity to prosecution to when he first got in office?
What were the 12 countries first involved in NATO?
Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States.