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The longitudinal line that separates North and South Korea is called the:
38th Parallel
100
First Russian President and last ruler of the USSR was...
Mikhail Gorbachev
100
The time of extreme tension between the US & USSR across the era of 1947-1991 became referred to as
The Cold War
100
The name of the leader of the U.S.S.R. during the 1961 Cuban Missile Crisis, ultimately considered the “loser” of the Crisis:
Nikita Khrushchev
100
Under the Truman Doctrine, the policy of the U.S. towards the U.S.S.R. was one of...
Containment
200
US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
200
The war of 1950-1953, more commonly known as this, led to no real change in land ownership:
Korean War
200
The two superpowers during the crisis period known as the Cold War were:
USA & USSR
200
The head of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis and for the Cold War (first and last name)?
Fidel Castro
200
The border land between North & South Korea, filled with land mines, but lacking the presence of the military is referred to as the
Demilitarized Zone
300
The Strategic Defense Initiative built to protect against nuclear attacks, initiated by Ronald Reagan is called the?
Star Wars Program
300
What is the Bay of Pigs?
Invasion led by US military forces (CIA) to get rid of Fidel Castro. Failed miserably.
300
The name of the literal and symbolic barrier between democracy and communism, that fell in 1989 and allowed East and West to finally reunite...
Berlin Wall
300
The North Vietnamese series of attacks against the South of Vietnam during their holiday new year was called the...
Tet Offensive
300
The Vietnam War was one of the most brutal wars in U.S. history and it was a long war too, lasting from: (year range)
1955-1975
400
The idea that if one country fell to communism, the surrounding countries near that one would soon fall to communism as well:
Domino Theory
400
The plan designed to propel the Chinese people into the next century and put them ahead of the curve BUT INSTEAD realistically put millions of them into their graves, considered a massive failure and even a form of genocide....
The Great Leap Forward
400
Put the following items in order... 1) Fall of the Berlin Wall 2) Vietnam War Ends 3) Cuban Missile Crisis 4) US Wins the Space Race
3, 4, 2, 1... Cuban Missile 1961, US wins space race 1969, Vietnam War ends in 1975, & Berlin wall falls in 1989.
400
The period of a relaxation of tensions between the U.S. & U.S.S.R. under Ronald Reagan was known as:
Detente
400
The name of the native military peoples of the North Vietnamese who used Guerrilla Warfare tactics:
VIET CONG
500
Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon in 1969. Followed by Buzz Aldrin. This was all made possible thanks to NASA, which stands for:
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
500
Winston Churchill once said that "Soviet power into the heart of Western Europe and the descent of an iron curtain between us and everything to the eastward.” What does Churchill mean by “Iron Curtain?”
The separation of Europe into a democratic West and a Communist East.
500
The fall of _____________________ (the capital of South Vietnam) in 1975, signified the “reunification of Vietnam” and led to the uniting of North & South Vietnam into one country.
Ho-Chi-Minh City
500
This small city was home to a large battle that ended the First Indochina War, unofficially splitting North and South Vietnam in the 1950s...
Dienbienphu
500
The Russian idea of “openness” (created by Gorbachev) that would allow for more a open and informal communist party with reform
GLASNOST