WWII
Korean War
Vietnam War
Cold War
Persian Gulf War
100
The leader of Germany during WWII.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
100
The Korean war was the first battle fought over this political and economic system in which the government owns all property and distributes it "equally."
What is Communism?
100
North Vietnam wanted to reunite the country under this political and economic system.
What is What is Communism?
100
Iraq invades this country starting the Gulf War.
What is Kuwait?
200
This naval base in Hawaii was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, thus prompting the United States to enter the war.
What is Pearl Harbor?
200
This side won the Vietnam War.
What is North Vietnam?
200
These two powers had missiles pointed at each other during the Cold War.
What are The United States and The Soviet Union?
200
The leader of Iraq during the time of the Gulf War.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
300
This country saw the advance of UN troops so close to their border as a threat to their security and entered the war as allies to North Korea.
What is China?
300
Though the Americans thought the Vietnam War could be easily won, this type of warfare created complications that the Americans were not prepared for, staged ambushes, huge tunnel complexes, even dense jungle.
What is Guerilla Warfare?
300
This American president was well known for his "tear down this wall," speech, and believed in peace through stength.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
300
Iraq's reason for invading their neighboring country was to get control of this natural resource.
What is Oil?
400
This powerful new weapon dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing an end to the war.
What is the Atomic Bomb?
400
The front line of each military force was set on this dividing line between North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
400
This was the theory that if one country became communist than all countries would become communists. This theory was one of the reasons that the United States entered the Vietnam War.
What is the Domino Theory?
400
This term was given to the idea that neither side would survive a full on Nuclear war.
What is mutually assured destruction?
400
What is Black Hawk helicopter?
500
The names for the opposing sides were divided into these two "powers."
What are the Allied (United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France and even China) and the Axis (Germany, Italy, and Japan)?
500
The UN was led by this American general to help stop North Korea from invading South Korea.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
500
Attacks of this type led to the congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowing United States military force in Vietnam.
What are torpedoes?
500
This Prime Minister and this US President worked together, along with the United Nations, to defeat Iraq during the Gulf War.
Who are Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President George H.W. Bush?