Space Race
An American astronaut and the first man on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong
The leader of the USSR during WWII who died in 1953, brutally oppressed resistance in the USSR.
Who is Joseph Stalin
A war fought in 1945-1949 between the Nationalists and the Communists. Led to the rise of Mao Zedong
What is the Chinese Civil War
This US foreign intelligence service interfered in many overseas elections.
What is the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The most celebrated figures of pop culture in the 1960s, from Liverpool.
Who are the Beatles
The first artificial satellite of the Earth.
What is Sputnik
Leader of the USSR that contributed to the end of the Cold War with his policies of perestroika and glasnost
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
A war that started with a divide between the communist North and capitalist South along the 18th Parallel that ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon.
What is the Vietnam War
The security agency for the Soviet Union from the years 1954-1991.
What is the KGB or Committee for State Security (English Translation)
This ideology was incredibly unpopular in America, and was portrayed as evil in every medium, including films and children's books.
What is communism
A Soviet Cosmonaut and the first man in space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin
The US President during the 1980s, worked with Gorbachev to end the Cold War.
Who is Ronald Reagan
Ethnic conflicts starting after independence was gained in 1948.
What is the International Conflict in Myanmar.
A couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union in the United States.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Enjoying the pleasures in life was a prominent feature of this region’s pop culture.
What is Western Culture
This US president promised an American landing on the Moon by the end of the 1960s.
Who is John F. Kennedy (JFK)
The US president during the Vietnam War and successor to JFK.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
This war split an Asian country into a northern half and a southern half along the 38th Parallel, ended in stalemate, and spanned from 1950-1953.
What is the Korean War
This US surveillance program was named after what was originally a secret government code name
What is ECHELON
When US culture (featuring blue jeans and chewing gum) spread to Europe, it was referred to as a “______- colonization”, named after a popular soft drink.
What is Coca-colonization
The first American astronaut to orbit the Earth.
Who is John Glenn
The Cuban dictator who stored Soviet missiles in 1962.
Who is Fidel Castro
This war spanned from 1953-1975 and took place in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and involved the Viet Cong and Khmer Rouge.
These British Intelligence agencies are the equivalent of the FBI and CIA.
What is MI5 and MI6
This book written by George Orwell was an allegory about communism and was turned into an animated film, commissioned by the CIA in the 1950s.
What is Animal Farm