Arms Race
The Atomic Bomb was designed here
Manhattan Project
The USA and Soviet Union got their rocket scientists from this country after WWII
Germany
What country had control of the Korean peninsula before World War II?
Japan
Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to World War II?
France
The President of Egypt during the war
Anwar Sadat
What two cities did the USA drop the first atomic bombs on during WWII
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth
John Glenn
What year did the Korean War begin and end?
1950-1953
Who was the leader of the communist government in North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Who was the Prime Minister of Israel at the time of the Yom Kippur war?
Golda Meir
MAD stands for
Mutually Assured Destruction
What was the name of the lunar module that landed on the moon
The Eagle
Which side was considered the winner of the war?
What United States president decided to pull American troops out of Vietnam?
Richard Nixon
What area of land did the Egyptians take over at the start of the war?
Sinai Peninsula
SALT stands for
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
What year did the Space Race end with the Apollo-Soyez joint program mission?
1975
Who was the main general for the United Nations and the United States at the start of the war?
Douglas McArthur
What major Vietnamese city was renamed to Ho Chi Minh City in honor of the leader of North Vietnam after the war?
Saigon
What area of land did the Syrians take control of when they first attacked Israel?
Golan Heights
The easing of relations between the east and west in the Cold War was termed
Detente
What year did Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon
1969
Who were the presidents of the United States during the Korean War? (In order)
Truman then Eisenhower
What year did the first US combat troops officially arrive in Vietnam?
1965
What year did the Yom Kippur war take place?
1973