It's purpose was to keep Western "fascists" from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served the objective of stemming mass defections from west to east
What is the Berlin Wall?
100
A socialist government system in which the means of production are commonly owned, and which has no state, money, or social classes. It is also a political way of thinking and an idea of how to get to such a society
What is communism?
100
American actor, governor of California, and 40th president.
"evil empire"
Who is Reagan?
100
During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control
What is Blockade?
100
At conflict with South Korea, Communist, 38th parallel; Mao Zedong sent troops to this country and warned the United States to keep away from the Yalu boundary unless it wanted full scaled war
What is North Korea?
200
The notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989
What is Iron Curtain?
200
The radical Islamic revolutionaries who was once a U.S during the Cold War
What is Taliban?
200
He was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China
Who is Mao Zedong?
200
Conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation
What is the Korean Wars?
200
The internal conflict between anti-Communist Muslim guerrillas and this country's communist government.The rebellion of the Muslim rebels, or mujahideen (literally, “strugglers”), grew in response, spreading to all parts of this country
What is Afghanistan?
300
(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) founded by 28 North American and European countries
What is NATO?
300
The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall
What is the Domino Theory?
300
He is the leader of Cuba. He established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959
Who is Castro?
300
U-2 spy-plane's discovery of Soviet nuclear-tipped missiles in Cuba
What is Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
A social-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 until 1976. Mao Zedong launched the movement in order to reassert his authority over the Chinese government
What is Cultural Revolution?
400
A collective defense treaty among 8 communist states of Central and Eastern Europe (including Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria)
What is the Warsaw Pact?
400
the policy of economic and governmental reform instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union during the mid-1980s
"restructuring"
What is Perestroika?
400
He is the current president of Russia.
Who is Vladimir Putin?
400
The conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States
What is Vietnam Wars?
400
It took place in 1958.It was Mao’s attempt to modernise China’s economy so that by 1988, China would have an economy that rivalled America
What is the Great Leap Forward?
500
A republic in central Europe; after World War 2, Germany divided into 4 zones: British, French, USA, and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany
What is Germany Divided?
500
President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces
What is Truman Doctrine?
500
America's 35th president. He was determined to control foreign policy.
Who is John F. Kennedy
500
A United States policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge communist influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Africa, and Vietnam
What is Containment?
500
The agreements on the settlement of the situation relating to the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, were signed on 14 April 1988[1] between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the United States and the Soviet Union serving as guarantors