Arms/Space Race
Which country was the first to send a man into Space?
The Soviet and United States were involved in 3 proxy wars. Name all 3 (Each for 100)
Vietnam War, Korean War, Soviet Afghan War
The Soviet Union is what type of government...
Communism
Who were the two leaders of the Chinese Revolution and what party were they from?
What was the "Cold War"?
The state of tension between the US and Soviet Union over Nuclear War
What is a military strategy where two sides have enough nuclear weapons to destroy each other completely
Mutually Assured Destruction
What event began the Korean War?
When North Korea invaded South Korea
This term was used to describe the divide between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe.
Which nation invaded China during the Chinese Revolution, causing a pause in the Civil War?
Japan
Which US policy provided aid to Western European countries after World War 2?
Marshall Plan
The first satellite sent into space was called...
Sputnik
North Korea and Vietnam both gained support from the "red dragon" in Asia. What is the "red dragon"?
China
Name 4 countries who were apart of the Warsaw Pact?
Poland, East Germany, Soviet Union, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria
Which Cuban leader did the US support during the Cuban Revolution?
Fulgencio Batista
The alliance between the US and western Europe was called...
NATO
Which event started the Arms Race?
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This chemical was used in Vietnam during the Vietnam war.
Agent Orange
What two reforms were created that weakened the power of the Soviet Union?
Glasnost and Perestroika
John F. Kennedy was US president during which two major events of the Cuban Revolution?
Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis
Which of these events does NOT match.
The Berlin Airlift, The Truman Doctrine, The Marshall Plan, The Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference
What event marked the end of the Space Race?
The joint Apollo-Soyuz mission
This UN general helped push the North Korean forces back to the border of China
Douglas McArthur
Which countries revolution involved women marching in the streets? This revolution was crushed by the Soviet Union.
Hungary
Put the following Chinese Revolution events in order. Mao Takes Power of China, Civil War begins, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, Long March, Japan Invades
Civil War Begins, Long March, Japan Invades, Mao Takes Power, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution
What were the four main countries at the Yalta Conference?
France, Great Britain, United States, Soviet Union