Ch 24-25 Flashcards
Britain’s first woman prime minister
Margaret Sacher
In 1945, this is where Churchhill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met to discuss World War II
Yalta
What US president called for a new world order
George H. W. Bush
What European country was split by the free world and the USSR?
Germany
What are nations a supposedly independent but technically under the dominance of another
Satellite
What term was used for neutral nations that were not yet a line to see their freedom or communism during the Cold War?
Third World nations
What organization established in 1995 influenced global economy?
World trade organization
What is a lessening of tensioner hostility between nations?
Détente
What US president encourage the development of a Strategic Defense Initiative Program?
Ronald Reagan
What country crushed the freedom demonstration at Tiananmen square?
China
What is the largest and most intricate global project to date?
International space station
What author of the counter experiences during the Holocaust?
Corrie Ten Boom
What is the name of the organization that has integrated several countries of Europe?
European union
Whom to Great Britain defeat in the Falklands war?
Argentina
With what country did the allies feel it necessary to cooperate during World War II to defeat Germany?
Russia
When did Israel become a nation?
1948
What organization was formed in 1949 to combat the threat of communism in the free world?
NATO
What country launched the worlds first man-made satellite?
Soviet Union
When was the Korean War fought?
1950 to 1953
What year did the United States and all involvement in Vietnam?
1975
What does glasnost mean?
Openness
In what year did the Berlin wall come down?
1989
In what year did send ratify the treaty complete control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians?
1999
What US president promised the Panama Canal to the Panamanians?
Carter
At what parallel were north and South Korea divided?
38th
What musician is known for the second piano Concerto the most popular piano Concerto and 20th century piano music?
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Find these locations
Lake Victoria Congo river Mozambique channel Libya Sudan Nigeria Somalia Nile river Liberia Mount Kilimanjaro
United Nations headquarters is located here
New York City
Chang Kai-shek was the leader of this
The Nationalist Government of China
The Bay of Pigs incident occurred during the presidency of this president
John F Kennedy
Sadden Hussein invaded Kuwait and was the leader of this country
Iraq
US president who signed a cease-fire ending the Vietnam conflict
Nixon
This country was created for the Muslims of India
Pakistan
NAFTA was a free-trade agreement signed by the United States, Canada and this country
Mexico
General Norman Schwarzkopf led US forces during this war
The Persian Gulf war
After World War II, Douglas MacArthur served as the military governor of occupied what country
Japan
The field of what has opens new branches of biological research and medical treatment?
Biotechnology
This artistic approach focused primarily on the common working man
Regionalism
Before World War I, this person worked for India’s independence from Great Britain.
Mahatma Gandhi
This person was the most influential illustrator of the 20th century and produced illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post
Norman Rockwell
Cruel dictator of Romania
Nicolas Ceausescu
Lead the Polish Solidarity movement
Lech Walesa
Mexican president
Visente Fox
Leader of Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Cuban dictator overthrown by Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Replaced Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Conservative leader of west Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Socialist president of France
Françoise Mitterrand
Lead Iranian rebels in capturing the US Embassy in Tehran
Ayatollah Khomeini
Dictator of Panama
Manwell Noriega
This best states how the Truman doctrine affect of the spread of communism
This policy did not destroy communism and, in some cases, allowed it to spread
This best describes the communist takeover in the Americas
The Soviet union successfully assisted and overthrow of government and set up a base for communist activities
This best explains why the United States last of the Vietnam conflict but won the Persian Gulf war.
Military leaders were allowed to directly lead the Persian Gulf war unlike the Vietnam conflict
This best summarizes the conflicting views of Mikael Gorbachev and Alexander Solzhenitsyn s
Gorbachev proclaimed that a one world community would bring peace; Solzhenitsyn that biblical righteousness was the only hope for peace
Explain what the Cold War was and how it ended.
Explain how the Reagan doctrine affect of the Cold War.
Include two countries at least that were helped by Reagan
The cold war was a war fought with word words and diplomacy, not weapons
It was fought to gain friends on one of two sides: either freedom or communism.
The breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of the Cold War.
The Reagan doctrine affected the cold war by stopping communism before in enslaved a country.
Examples of countries helped by Reagen are Grenada, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Libya
