Basics: Cold War
The main reason the US and Soviet Union never fought directly during the Cold War?
They were afraid of the consequences of entering a nuclear war
Karl Marx's ideas in the Communist Manifesto were appealing to many people in Eastern Europe because..
They promised free education for all citizens and end to private property
The role of Mao’s Little Red Book during the Chinese Cultural Revolution
A source of inspiration and guidance for members of the Red Guards
The US got involved in the Vietnam War because...
They feared Ho Chi Minh would win the election campaign for unifying the country, spreading communism
This person came to power in the USSR in 1985
Mikhail Gorbachev
Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain" could be described as
The ideological divide the Soviet Union and Western Europe
The major causes of uprisings in Poland emerged from
Economic issues like food shortages, poor housing,
These groups were targetted during the Chinese Cultural Revolution
Teachers, intellectuals, landlords, etc.
The British supported the Zionist movement in the Balfour Declaration by..
Supporting migration of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
The Soviet Union dissolved in
1991
The Soviet Union at its peak held this amount of nuclear warheads?
Nearly 40,000 warheads
The major causes of uprisings in Hungary emerged from
Student protests and calls for reforms
These countries made up Indochina
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
Egyptian President Nasser opposed the Baghdad Pact primarily because...
He viewed it as another form of imperialism by the West
Glasnost and perestroika policies at the end of the Soviet Union included ...
The release of political prisoners and newly protected freedom of the press, speech
The Soviet Union achieved most victories before the United States except for
Landing a person the moon
The major causes of uprisings in Czechoslovakia emerged from
Calls for reforms within the communist party
SEATO was created in 1954 to
To prevent the spread of communism in Asia
How could the Mandate for Palestine be viewed as beneficial to Palestinian Arabs?
It guaranteed local Palestinian Arabs would still have civil and religious rights
The country invaded by Russia in 2023 that was once part of the Soviet Union
Ukraine
The country today we most associate with the Soviet Union
Russia
The student who stresses Ms. Estrada out the most is
Everyone JK John Pork
Some of the changes enacted by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia included:
Banning religion, enforcing uniform haircuts, and banning private property.
The European power that had a major influence in the development of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
British
In the film, First They Killed my Father, Luong's father was presumably killed for
Being part of the government's military