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Vocabulary
Latin America
The Middle East
The World's Superpowers
Miscellaneous
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Revolutionist that led the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista
Who was Fidel Castro
100
A reason why the people disliked Fidel Castro
What is Suspended elections Imprisoned or executed opponents Took away freedom of the press Took over U.S mills and refineries
100
The reason why the United States wanted to restore the Shah's power
What is to aviod the Iranians going to the Soviet Union for help.
100
Why were the third world countries important to the superpowers?
What is the need to stop eachother from expanding and growing more powerful
100
Caused the gap between poor and rich to grow
What is rapid industrilaization
200
A third force formed by independent countries
What is a Nonaligned Nation
200
The reason why the US stopped supporting the Sandinistas
What is because the Sandinistas began to target El Salvador
200
The leader of the Islamic Conservative Political Group
Who was Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
200
What sides were the third world countries on
What is they were neutral or on the side of a superpower
300
A developing nation
What was a Third World
300
The reason why the Soviets agree to remove the missiles in Cuba
What is to get the US to remove the missiles in Turkey and to secure Cuba's independance from the United States
300
The reason why the Iranian Revolutionaries took the US Embassy hostage
What is to force the US to hand over the Shah to put him on trial
300
What were the main strategies used by the superpowers to have more influence in the world?
What is by providing military aid to developing nations and by providing assitance to other nations
300
What groups did the US mainly support in Latin America
What is anti-communist groups
400
Nicaguan dictator supported by the US
Who was Antonio Somoza
400
The reason why the United States and the Soviets did not go directly to war with eachother
What is to avoid another war and to aviod the destruction that comes with missiles
400
What brought the other nation to The Middle East, originally
What is oil
400
The number of missile sites in Cuba set up by the Soviets
What is 42
500
Iran’s conservative Muslim leaders
Who was Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
500
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
What is by the removal of the nuclear missiles in Cuba and Turkey
500
How long was the US Embassy taken hostage
What is over a year
500
6 Major strategies of the war
What is Foreign Aid, Espionage, Multinational Alliances, Propaganda, Brinksmanship and Surrogate Wars