US policy of attempting to disallow communism from spreading from country to country
What is Containment
100
President that gave aid to Greece and Turkey following WWII
What is Harry Truman
100
Created to divide East and West capital of Germany, seen as a symbol of Communism around the world
What is Berlin Wall
100
the 90's brought an end to this system in South Africa with the election of the First Black President of this country
What is Apartheid
200
Defensive alliance created to protect Democratic nations from the Communist nations
What is NATO
200
Hot war in 1950, US sends in troops to stop communist push
What is Korean War
200
Soviet Premier, major reason for beginning of Cold War
What is Joseph Stalin
200
Surprise attack by Arab countries on Israel on the Holy Day of Yom Kippur led to US involvement in the Middle East, what was the response by Arab countries to US involvement
What is OPEC Oil Crisis
200
Saddam invaded Kuwait for the massive oil reserves and was in a good place to invade Saudi Arabia before the US got involved. What war?
What is Persian Gulf War
300
Nation created in 1948 with major aid from the United States, gives US major ally in the Middle East
What is Israel
300
China falls to communism as the popularity of this man becomes too great in China for the Nationalists to hold on to control in the country
What is Mao Zedong
300
Soviet Premier behind much of the tensions dealing with the Cuban Missile crisis
What is Nikita Khruschev
300
Policy of easing tensions between the US and Soviet Union
What is Detente
300
Established in Europe in 1993 to make the European economy and security more efficient, creation of the Euro
What is the European Union
400
Gandhi assisted in the Indian Independence movement, but was unable to mend all issues in India as seen by the creation of which nation?
What is Pakistan
400
Former French colony, Hot war, US loses because of Unpopularity in the United States
What is Vietnam War
400
Behind overthrow of Cuban government, brought communism
What is Fidel Castro
400
Reason why Ayatollah Khomeini and Iranian students overran US embassy in Iran and took 52 American hostages
What is Wanted Jimmy Carter to return the Shah to Iran for probable execution
400
the removal of rain forests because of human consumption
What is deforestation
500
Reasoning behind Stalin's use of the blockade on Berlin
What is Creation of new currency in West Germany/West Berlin, force the US into a confrontation (conflict, possibly war) over Berlin.
500
Mass demonstration by Chinese students wanting to have a more democratic government, army called in to quell demonstration
What is Tienanmen Square Massacre
500
First US President to visit Communist China and Soviet Union
What is Richard Nixon
500
Soviet leader helped bring an end to the Soviet Union and the Fall of Soviet Communism
What is Mikhail Gorbachev
500
big corporations send jobs outside of the US to keep prices lower, what is this known as?