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Latin America
Vietnam War
Korean War
Chinese Revolution
Eastern Europe
100
This man overthrew Fulgencio Batista
Who is Fidel Castro
100
Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam?
Who is Ho Chi Minh
100
This is the line where North Korea and South Korea is split
What is the 38th Parallel
100
This group of young people helped spread Communism in China through organized protests and violent actions
Who are the Red Guards
100
This is the action that the U.S. took when the Soviet Union blocked off West Berlin
What is the Berlin Airlift?
200
This event was the the United States' attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro
The Bay of Pigs Invasion.
200
The U.S. put this person in charge of the South Vietnamese or Saigon Government
Who is Ngo Din Diem
200
He was the first Communist leader of North Korea
Who was Kim Il Sung
200
He was the leader of the Nationalist government that fled to Taiwan
Who is Jiang Jieshi
200
This was the first country to revolt against the Soviet Union
What is Czechoslovakia
300
This Soviet Leader built missiles and missile silos in Cuba in 1962
Who is Nikita Kruschev
300
What were two troubles American soldiers faced when fighting the Vietcong?
What is unfamiliar Jungle territory, unfamiliar fighting tactics, low support from South Vietnam government,
300
This is what the boundry between North and South Korea is called.
What is the DMZ (demilitarized zone)
300
This is the book written by Mao that the Red Guards carried
What is the Little Red Book
300
This word means to lessen, or lower tensions
Detente
400
Rebels that were supported by the United States to fight Communists in Nacaragua
Who are the Contras or contrarevolucionarios
400
Eisenhower used this idea to describe countries falling to communism, one after another
What is the Domino Theory
400
This is how many Chinese volunteers joined the North Koreans to fight.
What is 300,00 volunteers.
400
Mao moved farming families onto these
What are collectivized farms or communes
400
This policy between the United States and Soviet Union including showing as much force as possible to make the other side back down.
What is brinkmanship.
500
Eisenhower ordered "this" on Cuba when Castro took control of the sugar-mills and refineries
What is an embargo
500
In this year the last U.S. troops were removed form Vietnam
What is 1973
500
This is the agreement that stopped the fighting between North Korea and South Korea
What is the Korean-Armistice Agreement
500
Mao instituted this plan to bring life to China's economy
What is the Great Leap Forward
500
This event resulted in the U.S. spy program being discovered.
What is the U-2 Incident.