CHINA
KOREA
CUBA
PEOPLE
RANDOMNESS
100
Mao Zedong's plan for China
communist revolution and land reforms
100
How did the Korean War start?
With the North Korean invasion of South Korea
100
Describe how Cubans felt/viewed Fulgencio Batists
Disliked for being corrupt and repressive
100
First communist leader of North Korea
Kim Il-sung
100
US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
200
Why did the US support Jiang Jieshi?
Anti-communist containment policy
200
What was Japan's consequence at the end of WWII regarding Korea?
They lost control
200
Consequences of US sanctions on Cuba (2)
economic hardship and closer ties to the USSR
200
military dictator of pre-revolutionary Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
200
Gorbachev's term refers to economic restructuring
Perestroika
300
The main outcome of the Chinese Civil War
The formation of the People's Republic of China
300
Why did China intervene in the Korean War?
Fear of US/UN forces near its border
300
The Bay of Pigs invasion was planned under which president?
Eisenhower
300
Leader of the Nationalist forces during the Chinese Civil War
Chiang Kai-shek "Jiang Jieshi"
300
Gorbachev's term meaning openness and transparency
Glasnost
400
A refuge for Nationalists after the Civil War
Taiwan
400
During the Korean War, what increased the risk of a global nuclear war?
General MacArthur's advocacy for nuclear strikes
400
A key intelligence failure BEFORE the Bay of Pigs
overestimating local support for the invasion
400
The last Soviet leader who reformed the USSR in the 1980s
Mikhail Gorbachev
400
The treaty that limited the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles
SALT
500
Which socioeconomic group was most crucial in Mao Zedong's rise to power?
rural peasants
500
How did the Korean War end? (2 specific things)
armistice and continued division at the 38th parallel
500
The main outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis for US-Soviet relations
improved communications, creation of a direct hotline
500
Leader of Red China after the revolution
Mao Zedong
500
Term used by the US to refer to the naval blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis
"quarantine"
