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100

What Religious group primarily makes up India? 

Hindu

100

Which country was divided into North and South during the Cold War and remains divided to this day?

North Korea

100

What country in Africa was used by Belgium to extract rubber in a cruel way and today is a major source of Lithium used in batteries? 

Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)

100

What country was the 2nd country to develop a nuclear bomb during the Cold War? 

Soviet Union/ Russia

100

What middle east country has been in the middle of several wars against Islamic countries since their country was founded in 1948 by Jewish refugees from the Holocaust until the present?

Israel

200

What religions Group primarily makes up Pakistan? 

Hindu

200

Who was the communist leader of China from 1949 until his death in 1979 responsible for the deaths of millions of Chinese.

Mao

200

What movement took place in Africa in the 1960's that led to African independence? 

Decolonization

200

European city divided at the end of WWII and eventually a wall separated the two sides? 

Berlin

200

What country in the Middle East did the U.S. government help assassinate in the 1950's then in 1979 they kidnapped over 400 Americans?  Today the U.S. is trying to stop them from building a nuclear bomb. 

Iran

300

Who was a leading figure in the peaceful demonstration for India's independence? 

Gandhi

300
The period in China during the 1950's where millions of Chinese citizens starved to death

Great Leap Forwar

300

Segregation of blacks and whites in South Africa was known as? 

Apartheid

300

Which policy was adopted by the United States to contain the spread of communism during the Cold War?

Containment

300

After a 20 year long war with the Taliban and Al Qaeda the U.S. makes the decision to withdraw from what country in 2022

Afghanistan

400

What territory is disputed between India and Pakistan still today which has resulted in several conflicts over the past 70 Years? 

Kashmir

400

Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

Ho Chi Minh

400

Who as this leading figure in South Africa that spent years in prison and was later elected their first black President? 

Nelson Mandela

400

Who was president of the U.S. during the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban missile crisis

John F. Kennedy

400

Who was the long time and leader of Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis

Fidel Castro

500

What country in the Middle East has the U.S. fought two wars in the past 30 years? 

Iraq

500

Joined together the Soviet Union, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, & Czechoslovakia, in a military alliance.

Warsaw Pact

500

What meeting in the 1870's amongst Europeans split up Africa into different countries? 

Berlin Conference

500

What was the name of the plan that stabilized Western Europe financially and prevented economic collapse. Within ten years, factories exceeded prewar production levels, ensuring that Communism did not spread to western Europe

Marshall Plan

500

The political movement in the Middle East where countries lead a series of protests, uprisings, & armed rebellions including in Syria, Libya, & Tunisia

Arab Spring