Newly independent States
Country formed from a mandate that has a long running conflict with Israel
What is Palestine
Organization formed to protect the interests of India's Muslims, which later proposed that India be divided into separate Muslim and Hindu nations
Who are the Muslim League
South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)
Who is Nelson Mandela
series of meetings in the 70s, in which leaders of the US and the Soviet Union agreed to limit their nations' stocks of nuclear weapons
What is the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)
A policy of reducing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon.
What is Detente
Former English Colony with control over the Suez Canal
Whjat is Egypt
A Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.
What are the Viet Cong
Policy in South Africa that separated people by race
What is Apartheid
Fought by Israel and neighboring Arab nations where the Arabs launched a surprise attack during A major Jewish holiday. U.S. support for Israel during the war led to OPEC boycotting the U.S., creating an energy crisis.
What is the Yom Kippur War
Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
Former French colony that split into 2 and became a proxy war in the Cold War
What is Vietnam
A group of Communist rebels who seized power in Cambodia
Who Are the Khmer Rouge
president of Uganda who is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history
Who is Idi Amin
A region of northern India and Pakistan over which several destructive wars have been fought
What is Kashmir
A policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society
What is Perestroika
Asian country that became radicalized from USA bombing of the Ho Chi Minh trail in their country
What is Cambodia
A peace treaty between Israel and Egypt where Egypt agreed to recognize the nation state of Israel
What Are The Camp David Accords
Led the coup which toppled the monarchy of King Farouk and started a new period of modernization and socialist reform in Egypt
Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser
When Britain and France attempted to seize control of the Suez canal from Egypt
What is The Suez Crisis
a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
What is Glasnost
Former British and Dutch colony that elected the first female head of government
What is Sri Lanka
daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India
Indira Gandhi
President of Tanzania who advocated an African form of socialism
Who is Julius Nyerere
a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state
What is Falah
Popularly known as "Star Wars," President Reagan's SDI proposed the construction of an elaborate computer-controlled, anti-missile defense system capable of destroying enemy missiles in outer space
What is the Strategic Defense Initiative