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This leader stated during a famous 1987 speech "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Who is Ronald Reagan?
The leader of non violent civil disobedience as a form of protest within South Africa who was imprisoned
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Mao Zedong's plan inspired by that of early Soviet Russia
What is the Great Leap Forward?
Starting with Sputnik then followed by JFK's emphasis on the program, what rush was there between the Soviet Union and United States
What is Space Race?
A lack of land reform and exploitation of the many by the few caused this country to adopt communism to the dismay and action of the United States
What is Vietnam?
The famous political activist which once stated "It is my deliberate opinion that India is being ground down not under the English heel but under that of modern civilization"
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This South African group inspired by the INC was created in an attempt to aid the peaceful protest of Africans
What is the African National Congress (ANC)?
The idea that if one Asian country were to fall to communism all would follow
What is Domino theory?
Plan to aid European countries and stop Communism
What is the Marshall Plan?
The forgotten war
What is the Korean War?
This influential figure in the cold war stated "On the day I became Soviet leader, in March 1985, I had a special meeting with the leaders of the Warsaw Pact countries and told them: "You are independent, and we are independent. You are responsible for your policies, we are responsible for ours. We will not intervene in your affairs I promise you.""
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
Gandhi and the Congress Party agreed to this to put an end to the ethnic violence within India
What is partition?
Mao's successor
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
The creation of nuclear weapons led to the introduction of this idea
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.)?
Fidel Castro took over Cuba and JFK responded with this complete failure
What is Bay of Pigs?
During his famous speech following the end of World War II this man stated "I do not believe that Soviet Russia desires war. What they desire is the fruits of war and the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrine."
Who is Winston Churchill?
The first president of a newly independent Ghana
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?
Major controversy caused by the Chinese government in the late 80s
What is the Tiananmen Square Massacre?
Final meeting of the Big Three (Britain, US, and Russia) in discussion of ending World War II
What is the Potsdam Conference?
The man who sent missiles to Cuba
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
During an interview in 1985 about previous incidents within this controversial leaders country, he stated "If we analyze these three types of obstacles the first that is the relations that we have with the soviet union... we are not going to fight with our friends (Soviet Union) to become friends of our adversaries (United States)."
Who is Fidel Castro?
The leaders of the Algerian independence movement
What is the National Liberation Front (FLN)?
This practice resulted in power being siphoned from the elites and brought to the working class
What is land redistribution?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The acronyms SEATO, CENTO, and NATO stand for what
What is Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Central Treaty Organization, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Following the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 these were created in 1963 and 1968
What are the Test-Ban Treaty and Non-Proliferation Treaty