Events
The Cold War began after the end of which war?
What is WWII.
Division line between North and South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel.
Term for countries controlled by the Soviet Union.
What are Soviet Satellites.
President of the US when the USSR collapsed.
Who is Ronald Reagan.
Process from 1954-1964 where purges were denounced, political prisoners were freed, and artists and intellectuals had more freedom in the Soviet Union.
What is de-Stalinization.
Built to keep East Germans from escaping , it was 26 miles long and 15 feet high.
What is the Berlin Wall.
Country that came to the aid of North Korea.
What is China.
Competition between the US and the USSR to strengthen armed forces and weapon systems.
What is the Arms Race.
First President of Russia.
Who is Boris Yeltsin.
Alliance between the USSR and Eastern European countries.
What is the Warsaw Pact.
In 1968, the Soviet Union and her allied troops invaded and took over this country and its leader Alexander Dubcek.
What is Czechoslovakia.
Site of 1954 French loss in Indochina.
What is the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Meaning "restructuring," a policy moving from a Communist economy to capitalism.
What is perestroika.
One of the Soviet Republics that declared independence in 1991.
What is Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, or Kyrgystan.
Country also known as the German Democratic Republic.
What is East Germany.
This began when the USSR cut off all land access to West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift.
Guerillas in South Vietnam who fought against Ngo Dinh Diem.
Who are the Vietcong.
A deliberate and systematic destruction of a specific ethnic group.
What is genocide.
Name two Eastern European countries, other than the Soviet Union that dissolved after 1990.
What are Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.
Longtime leader of Yugoslavia who died in 1980.
Who is Josip Broz Tito.
Part of Germany that was occupied by the Soviet Union.
What is East Germany.
1968 offensive launched by the Vietcong against the US in South Vietnam.
What is the Tet Offensive.
The easing of strained political tension.
What is detente.
Year East and West Germany reunited.
What is 1990.
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979-1990.
Who is Margaret Thatcher.