Unit 2 AOS 1 & 2

Cuban Missile Crisis

100

Leader of Cuba during the crisis

Fidel Castro

200

America had previously placed missiles in this country

Turkey

300

Length of crisis

13 days

400

Number of letters sent by Khrushchev to Kennedy

Three

500

Largest nuclear weapon ever created

Tsar Bomba

Vietnam War 1

100

What does ARVN stand for?

Army of the Republic of South Vietnam 

200

Leader of Vietnamese communist party

Ho Chi Minh

300

Name of massacre of innocent Vietnamese civilians carried out by US forces

My Lai

400

President of the Republic of South Vietnam; installed by the US

Ngo Dinh Diem

500

Most famous battle fought by Australians in the Vietnam War

Long Tan

Vietnam War 2

100

Type of warfare fought by the Vietcong

Guerilla

200

US bombing campaign of Vietnam was called 'Operation _______ _________'

Rolling thunder

300

Imperial power that controlled Vietnam prior to war

France

400

Reason for Australian involvement in Vietnam

Fear of communism and SEATO and ANZUS alliances

500

Number of US soldiers killed in Vietnam

57,000

End of Cold War

100

Leader of USSR when it dissolved

Mikhail Gorbachev

200

What year did the Berlin Wall fall?

1989

300

Policy part of the 4 point plan that promoted openness of the government

Glasnost

400

Name of Polish trade union that was a threat to the Polish communist government

Solidarity

500

Elected as President of Russia in 1990

Boris Yeltsin

Terrorism

100

Terrorist group that committed 9/11

Al-Qaeda

200

Number of planes involved in 9/11 attacks

4

300

Name for extremist Islamic law

Sharia law

400

Country invaded by the US following 9/11

Afghanistan

500

Terrorist group that committed the Bali Bombings

Jemaah Islamiyah