Tryna Learn About China
Leader of the Communist revolution in China, and ruler until 1976.
Who was Mao Zedong?
He is the current leader of North Korea.
Who is Kim Jong Un?
He overthrew Batista and ruled Cuba for almost 50 years
Who was Fidel Castro?
A wall was built around the western half of this city in 1961, to keep people from leaving the communist eastern half
What is Berlin?
Ho Chi Minh originally reached out to this country for help in establishing a decolonized, free Vietnam in the 1930s.
United States of America
China is the largest economy in this global industry
Who was manufacturing?
Korea is an example of this type of war, where major powers face off against each other through smaller nations.
What is a proxy war?
In addition to guaranteeing Cuba's sovereignty, President Kennedy agreed to remove weapons from this eastern European country to help resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is Turkey?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! This man was the sitting US President during the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Provide his full name.
George H.W. Bush
He was Rocky Balboa's Russian opponent in Rocky IV, in which the Philadelphia boxer more or less won the Cold War and avenged his friend's death.
Who was Ivan Drago?
Mao took many of his policy ideas and principles from this Soviet ruler.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The current division between North and South Korea, which is among the most militarized in the world.
What is the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ?
What are Taxi Drivers?
It is likely that the CIA helped in the planning of the assassination of this leader of the Congo in 1960.
Who was Patrice Lumumba?
This Russian spy agency is the equivalent to the CIA of the United States.
What is the KGB
Who is Xi Jinping?
American general and World War II icon Douglas MacArthur was fired by this President after China entered the Korean War.
Who was Harry Truman?
This disastrous 1961 invasion by CIA-trained Cuban ex-patriates caused Cuba to seek Soviet protection.
What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
This Soviet leader was outraged during a 1959 visit to America when he was denied admission into Disneyland
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
This man was elected the first president of a free Poland.
Who was Lech Walesa?
This disastrous economic and social initiative led to the deaths of up to 20 million Chinese people from 1958 until 1962.
What was the Great Leap Forward?
North and South Korea were divided along this parallel after World War II.
What was the 38th?
These ingredients make a "Cubano" sandwich, popular in Miami.
Cuban Bread, Ham, Roasted Pork, Swiss cheese, Pickles, Mustard.
Leader of the Soviet Union in the 1980s that encouraged openness and reform.
Who was Gorbachev?
This movie sequel featured the Cuban revolution as a plot point.
What is The Godfather: Part 2?