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100
He was US Secretary of State during the Korean War
What was Dean Acheson?
100
This first Secretary General of NATO said the purpose of NATO was to keep the "Russians out, the Americans in and this European country down."
What is Germany?
100
The Soviet Sputnik carried this live animal on board
What is a dog? (Laika)
100
The Soviets put missiles on Cuba as a reaction to US missiles stationed in this country
What is Turkey?
100
He was General Secretary of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
What was Krushchev?
200
Korea was divided at this parallel
What is the 38th?
200
This conflict was NATO's first big test
What is The Korean War?
200
In his farewell speech Eisehower warned of it
What is the "military-industrial complex?"
200
After the missiles in Cuba were detected, Kennedy ordered this to be placed around Cuba
What is a quarantine?
200
The plan to rebuild Europe was named after him
Who was George Marshall?
300
In a surprise attack behind enemy lines Gen. MacArthur landed troops here in Sept. 1950
What is Inchon?
300
Article 5 of the NATO Treaty states that an attack on one NATO member amounts to this
What is "an attack on all" (collective security)
300
Yuri Garagin was the first human being to do this
What is "orbit the earth in space"
300
After Kennedy's globally televised speech of Oct. 22, 1962, many citizens began to build these
What are Fall-out shelters?
300
As a student in Paris, this later Vietnamese leader read the writings of Lenin, Marx, but also Woodrow Wilson
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
400
MacArthur considered this tactic be used against the North Koreans and the Chinese
What are nuclear weapons?
400
In response to NATO, the Soviets created this
What was The Warsaw Pact?
400
The launching of Sputnik led the US to increase funding for this
What is science education?
400
This US general wanted to bomb Cuba and may have been the character the movie Dr. Strangelove was based on
Who was Curtis Le May?
400
He was the leader of North Korea during the Korean War
What was Kim Il-Sung?
500
After MacArthur was relived of duty, Truman replaced him with this General
What was Mathew Ridgeway?
500
In the late 1950s this Western European President withdrew his forces from NATO command
What was Charles de Gaulle?
500
The "Kitchen Debate" was between these two political leaders
Who was Nixon and Krushchev?
500
These are alert states of military readiness
What is DefCon? (Defensive Readiness Condition)
500
He was the foreign Minister of China during the Korean War
What was Zhou En-Lai?