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Who was Harry Truman?
33rd President of the United States
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Where is Tiananmen Square?
China
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What is the Iron Curtain?
An impenetrable barrier to communication or information, especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy
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What does N.A.T.O. stand for?
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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The world's most prominent Chinese communist during the 20th century
Mao Zedong
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S.A.L.T. (was a euphemism for nuclear weapons)stands for?
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
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What was the Marshall Plan?
a U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after WWI
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The world's most prominent Chinese communist during the 20th century
Mao Zedong
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Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
the 36th President of the United States
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Tiananmen square is located to its North, separating it from
the Forbidden City
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The Cold War is
the state of diplomatic hostility between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the decades following WWII
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In which year did the Warsaw Pact form?
1955
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Who is Ho Chi Minh?
North Vietnamese political leader
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I SALT was signed in
1972
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Who was the Truman Doctrine announced by?
Harry Truman
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What is the Domino theory?
a theory that if one country is taken over by an expansionist, the nearby nations will be taken over one after another
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Who was the Truman Doctrine announced by?
Harry Truman
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38th parallel is
marks the border between North Korea and South Korea
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Nikita Krush Chev was a Russian politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the
Cold War
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Containment is
foreign policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the late 1940’s
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