Chinese Civil War
These two sides faced off against each other in the Chinese Civil War.
Who are the communists and the nationalists?
He was the first leader of communist China.
Who is Mao Zedong?
These countries were the two main antagonists in the Cold War?
What is the US and the USSR?
Germany and this German capital was divided into four different zones after World War 2.
What is Berlin?
Korea was split along this line of latitude after World War 2.
What is the 38th parallel?
The Northern Expedition was created to get rid of these provincial leaders.
Who are the warlords?
This term describes the drive to increase agricultural and industrial output in China.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
This was the main policy of the US during the Cold War, to stop communism from spreading.
What is containment?
He was the leader of the Cuban Revolution.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This is an agreement to stop fighting, not a treaty ending a war; one was made at the end of the conflict.
What is an armistice?
This term describes a long retreat for the communists seeking a safe haven to rebuild and regroup.
What is the Long March?
These enormous government owned farms did not meet expectations, leading to famine.
What are communes?
This was the name for a massive economic aid package to European nations recovering from World War 2.
What is the Marshall Plan?
When Stalin tried to force the western powers from Germany's former capital; Britain, France, and the US did this to supply the city.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This was created on either side of the border between North Korea and South Korea to prevent an invasion by either side.
What is the demilitarized zone?
The nationalists fled after the communist victory in to the island of Formosa where they created this new political state.
What is Taiwan?
They were the enforcers of the Cultural Revolution, demanding loyalty to Mao and his vision for China's future.
Who are the Red Guard?
This US policy offered military assistance to any nation struggling against communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This term describes the brief period when the US and the USSR almost got into a nuclear war over Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
North Korean forces were stopped by UN forces here, along the outskirts of a port city.
What is the Pusan Perimeter?
He was the leader of the nationalists during the Chinese Civil War.
Who is Chiang Kai Shek?
This river near the border between China and North Korea became a flashpoint for Chinese involvement in the Korean War.
What is the Yalu River?
These were the two opposing military alliances that were formed by the US and the USSR.
What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
This is where US trained Cuban exiles landed in an ill fated attempt to overthrow the communist regime in Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
This dictator of South Korea was supported by the US because he was non-communist.
Who is Syngman Rhee?