Cold War Relations
This US president oversaw the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
In this economic system, means & factors of production are owned by the government.
What is Communism?
A form of government in which one person has complete power and typically maintains power through corrupt elections or military force.
What is a dictatorship?
This ancient American empire got its name from an Aztec phrase that loosely translates to "the rubber people/land."
What are the Olmecs?
This Soviet foreign ambassador oversaw negotiations of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
What is Capitalism?
Fulgencio Batista & Fidel Castro were dictators of this Latin American nation.
What is Cuba?
This agreement resulted in Mexico giving the US land that later became California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada.
What is the Mexican Cession?
President Reagan attempted to stop the spread of communism in these two Latin American nations.
This European nation rebranded itself after the rise of communism during the Bolshevik Revolution.
What is Russia/USSR?
The Mexican Revolution (1911-1920) began when this dictator was removed from power.
Who is Porfirio Diaz?
This US President approved the purchase & development of the Panama Canal.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
In exchange for removal of nuclear weapons from Cuba, the US had to agree to remove its weapons in this European nation.
What is Turkey?
Along with Frederich Engels, this man wrote "The Communist Manifesto" and explained that the history of all society was a history of class struggle.
Who is Karl Marx?
Latin American dictators capitalized on these in their rise to power.
What are economic & political instabillity?
The Encomienda System granted most colonial power to this group of pure-blood colonists whose parents were born in Spain.
What are Creoles (or Criollos)?
What is a quarantine?
This man is widely considered the "Father of Capitalsm."
Who is Adam Smith?
This famous Chilean musician, poet, and playwright was executed by Augusto Pinochet's government for being associated with communism & resistance to his regime.
These three religious figures set much of the religious doctrine & traditions of the Catholic Church.
Who are the Pope, Jesus Christ, and The Virgin Mary?