Russia
Stalin introduced these multi-year programs to industrialize the USSR, often at great human cost.
What are the Five-Year Plans?
He was the founding leader of the Chinese Communist Party.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This Islamic cleric led the revolution that overthrew the Shah of Iran.
The Vietnam War took place during this larger global conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
This far-right ideology emphasizes authoritarian leadership, nationalism, and often racial purity; it rose to power in Italy under Mussolini.
What is facism?
Stalin conducted these violent campaigns to eliminate perceived enemies, including party members and intellectuals.
What are the purges?
After losing the Chinese Civil War, the Nationalist government retreated to this island.
What is Taiwan?
This was the name of the Shah’s brutal secret police force used to silence opposition.
What is SAVAK?
(The Bureau for Intelligence and Security of the State (Persian: سازمان اطلاعات و امنیت کشور, romanized: Sâzmân-e Ettelâ'ât va Amniyyat-e Kešvar)
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam who led the fight for independence from France.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
This ideology calls for the abolition of private property and the establishment of a classless society, as theorized by Karl Marx and implemented in the USSR.
What is communism?
This group, led by Lenin, successfully overthrew the provisional government during the October Revolution.
Who are the Bolsheviks?
This Maoist economic plan aimed to rapidly increase industrial and agricultural output but led to mass famine.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
Name one Westernizing reform the Shah implemented to appease his foreign allies.
What is expanding women's political rights?
The Vietnam War began as a movement for independence from this European colonial power.
What is France?
This ideology motivated leaders like Ho Chi Minh to fight for independence from colonial powers, blending patriotism with a desire for self-determination.
What is anti-colonial nationalism?
Name one major reason the Russian peasantry supported the Bolshevik Revolution.
What is widespread poverty / suffering during World War I / failure of Tsarist leadership?
The Cultural Revolution targeted people Mao accused of being too much like this upper-middle class group.
What is the bourgeoisie?
After taking power, Ayatollah Khomeini reversed these types of reforms previously introduced by the Shah.
What are Westernizing policies?
After U.S. withdrawal, this city—formerly the capital of South Vietnam—fell to communist forces in 1975.
What is Saigon?
This ideological movement sought to revive traditional religious principles in governance and society, reacting against Western influence in places like Iran.
What is Islamic fundamentalism?
This last Russian tsar was overthrown during the Russian Revolution.
Who is Tsar Nicholas II?
One reason for the failure of the Great Leap Forward was that local officials did this out of fear of punishment.
What is falsely reported crop yields / lied about production numbers?
The Iranian Revolution replaced a monarchy with this specific type of religious-political system.
What is a theocracy governed by Islamic law?
Ho Chi Minh was not only a nationalist but also a follower of this German philosopher.
Who is Karl Marx?
This political ideology, emphasizing individual freedoms, democratic governance, and free-market capitalism, shaped the policies of Western powers during the Cold War.
What is liberalism?