People
led rebellion in Yugoslavia
Joseph Tito
headquarters of the United Nations
New York City
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization- established to combat the Communist threat to the free world
Cold War
1945
called for a New World Order
George H.W. Bush
invaded by Saddam Hussein beginning the Persian Gulf War
Kuwait
global push to unite the nations of the world for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining global peace
New World Order
Persian Gulf War
Korean War
1950-1953
headed the Nationalist government
Chiang Kai-shek
Birthplace of modern architecture
Chicago
exchanges the natural shape of objects for abstract images by using geometric shapes to represent what the artist sees
cubism
the place where the invasion of Cuban rebels was thwarted when President Kennedy failed to supply air cover to the patriots
Bay of Pigs
1989
Berlin Wall came down
followed Yeltsin as Russian president
Vladimir Putin
Island Fidel Castro planned to take over as a military base to invade the mainland of South America
Grenada
"iron curtain"
phrase coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
Vietnam Conflict
the attempt to defend the freedom of South Vietnam; ended with Communist control of all Vietnam
Collapse of the Soviet Union
1991
the powerful Muslim religious leader whose followers took American diplomatic personnel hostage
Ayatollah Khomeini
South Vietnam's capital; fell to Communists in 1975
Saigon
division of North and South Korea
17th parallel
Operation Airlift
airlift where Western powers saved the people of West Berlin by flying food and supplies for over a year
1949
organization of NATO; Chiang Kai-shek's army forced to flee to Taiwan