Leaders Who Shaped History
(100 Points) This man advocated for non-violent resistance to the British in India.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi? (#13)
(100 Points) The U.S. fought in this war from 1950 to 1953 to stop communism from spreading in Korea.
What is the Korean War? (#7)
(100 Points) This system of racial segregation was enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
What is apartheid? (#2)
(100 Points) This economic recovery plan helped rebuild Europe after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan? (#8)
(100 Points) These two religious groups led to India's split when it became independent.
Who are Hindus and Muslims? (#1)
(200 Points) He led the Chinese Communist Party and established the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
Who is Mao Zedong? (#6)
(200 Points) The U.S. was involved in this war from 1955 to 1975 to prevent communism from spreading in Southeast Asia.
What is the Vietnam War? (#7)
(DOUBLE JEOPARDY) The fall of this wall in 1989, followed by the collapse of this country in 1991, symbolized the end of the Cold War.
What are the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union? (#15)
(200 Points) This successfully overcame an attempt by the Soviet Union and East Germany to turn West Berlin communist.
What is the Berlin Airlift? (#10 -- since the Blockade failed, they built the wall)
(200 Points) This Chinese movement aimed to rapidly modernize farming and industry but led to disaster.
What is the Great Leap Forward? (#6)
(300 Points) This South African leader fought against apartheid and became the country’s first Black president in 1994.
Who is Nelson Mandela? (#3 & #4)
(300 Points) This war, which lasted from 1947 to 1991, saw the U.S. and Soviet Union compete for global influence without direct military conflict.
What is the Cold War? (#5)
(300 Points) This phrase described the Soviet-controlled nations in Eastern Europe that were separated from Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain? (#9)
(300 Points) This Cold War policy aimed to reduce tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is détente? (#14)
(300 Points) The Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Wall were both protested because they prevented people from practicing this important freedom.
Any: Freedom of movement, voting, freedom of speech, freedom of religion (#10)
(400 Points) This Vietnamese communist leader fought for independence from France and later against the U.S. in the Vietnam War.
Who is Ho Chi Minh? (#13)
(400 Points) This man was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which almost led to nuclear war.
John F. Kennedy (#12)
(400 Points) The U.S. used this policy to prevent the spread of communism after World War II.
What is containment? (#7)
(400 Points) This Soviet leader’s policies led to the eventual collapse of the USSR.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev? (#14)
(400 Points) The goal of the revolutions in India, Vietnam, Korea and South Africa was to throw off the negative effects of what system?
What is imperialism (or colonialism)? (#13)
(500 Points) This Soviet leader introduced glasnost and perestroika, leading to the collapse of the USSR.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev? (#14)
(500 Points) This Chinese leader launched the disastrous Great Leap Forward, which led to mass starvation.
Who is Mao Zedong? (#6)
(500 Points) Identify FOUR actions or events associated with containment of Communism.
What is: (#7& #8)
Marshall Plan - provided money to Europe
Truman Doctrine - provide military and economic help to non-Communist countries
Korean War - Stop communism from taking over South Korea
Vietnam War - Stop communism from taking over Vietnam
Berlin Airlift - Support West Berlin to avoid it falling to communism
(500 Points) This U.S. policy declared that America would help any country resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine? (#7)
(500 Points) The American government tried multiple times to overthrow Fidel Castro. This is a major failed attempt AND why they did it.
What is the Bay of Pigs, AND the proximity of the US and Cuba made them a greater threat if they were communists? (#11)