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100
This man was an unpopular and corrupt dictator. He was replaced by a popular, charismatic young lawyer.
Name the two Cuban people.
Batista and Castro
100
What is the domino theory?
If one country becomes communist, the other countries nearby will become communist too.
100
The Balfour Declaration had Israel make their new home in which country?
Palestine
100
Name two countries where the US feared the domino theory would happen.
Korea and Vietnam
100
The name Gabriel is from what figure in the Bible?
Angel messenger Gabriel
200
Who was Richard Nixon?
President of the United States who chose to leave Vietnam due to pressure from citizens who saw soldiers die on TV.
200
What is containment and how did the US do it?
Containment is stopping the spread of communism.
The US did containment by making the Marshall Plan.
200
Why was the US government upset with Stalin after the Yalta Conference?
He promised to hold free elections in Eastern European countries, but he installed puppet governments instead.
200
Soviets blocking off West Berlin caused the US, France, and Britain to do this.
Berlin Airlift
200
the number 666 has a different meaning in Western culture. What is it?
It represents the Devil.
300
Who were the two presidents during the Cuban Missile Crisis? The American President and the president of the USSR?
US President Kennedy
USSR President Khruschev
300
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
To provide aid, trade relationships, and stability in the European region.
In addition, to make Europe closer to America and more easily controllable.
300
These two countries created anti-communist governments in Vietnam.
The US and France.
300
Discuss the Cuban missile crisis in two sentences.
The USSR put nuclear bombs in Cuba while the US had nuclear bombs in Turkey. For 13 days, the world was scared that nuclear war would happen, but at the end, both countries took away their nuclear bombs.
300
What is the capital of South Korea?
What is the capital of North Korea?
Seoul
Pyongyang
400
This man's initials are "C.K.S."
He was defeated in the Chinese Civil War and fled to Taiwan with the Kuomintang.
Chiang Kai-Shek (Jiang Jieshi)
400
Why was Korea split into two nations?
When the Japanese surrendered after WW2, the southern half of the soldiers surrendered to the US, the northern half to USSR.
400
Explain the "iron curtain"
A symbolic line separating Western-allied countries against Communist countries.
400
How did the Northern Vietnamese win against the Americans? (3 reasons)
Support from Soviets and Chinese.
Guerilla Warfare
Vietnam war unpopular at home in the US.
400
Oppenheimer, one of the scientists who developed the atomic bomb.
500
He was the general who was fired by President Truman.
Douglas MacArthur
500
How did Mao Zedong defeat Chiang Kai-Shek?
Chiang Kai-shek was corrupt and unpopular.
Mao improved living conditions for the poor and promised better equality and land for them.
500
Why did the US start the war in Vietnam?
Two of their ships supposedly were attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin.
500
What were the two main alliances during the Cold War?
Which countries were part of those two main alliances?
NATO - north Atlantic Treaty Organization - The US, Canada, Western Europe
Warsaw Pact - USSR and its satellite nations
500
Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Mao Zedong all passed away on this year.
1976