Cold War
Which island off China's mainland did Jiang Jieshi (Chang Kai-Shek) and his supporters flee to?
Taiwan
38th Parallel/DMZ
Which leader of the Soviet Union was present at the Potsdam Conference?
Joseph Stalin
Laissez-faire translates to what in English?
Let it be
Which countries make up the Sahel?
Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan
Which presidential candidate made the Korean War a political issue by addressing it in his campaign?
Dwight Eisenhower
Which organization formed as an alliance to counter Soviet expansion?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
After Mao Zedong's Communist takeover, China became officially known as what?
People's Republic of China
The rise of Communism in Russia came about due to which Russian leader?
Vladimir Lenin
How many countries on the African continent claim Spanish as their official language?
One
The ____________________ established that over the next four years, the United States would give about $13 billion in grants and loans to nations in Western Europe.
Marshall Plan
Which Western diplomat originally referred to the "iron curtain"?
Winston Churchill
Which two European countries were particularly struggling after WWII and asked the United States for help?
Greece and Turkey
The law of supply and demand would be found in which economic system?
Capitalism
Which African country is the newest on Earth?
South Sudan
The Chinese Civil War was fought between which two major Chinese leaders?
Mao Zedong and Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-Shek)
Which US General was responsible for leading the Korean War?
Douglas MacArthur
Following World War II, which three countries were responsible for administering West Germany?
United States, France, Great Britain
Name four countries that have claimed to be Communist at some point in their history.
Which sub-Saharan African country was the first to gain its independence from Great Britain in 1957?
Ghana
During the Cold War, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria were known as ________ states.
satellite
The American diplomat George Kennan came up with which American policy for addressing the Communist threat?
Containment
All of the communist states of Eastern Europe except which country joined the Warsaw Pact?
Yugoslavia
What was the name of the book published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels?
Communist Manifesto
Which African nation was originally set up as a territory for former American slaves to return to the continent?
Liberia