Ch26 - Places Flashcards
Where were approx. 1600 delegates and assistants from 50 nations gathered on April 25, 1945, to draft a charter for the United Nations?
San Francisco
What part of Germany was under American, British, and French occupation and united in 1949 to form a free republic?
West Germany
On what small Chinese island did Chiang Kai-shek and about 2 million Nationalist soldiers and their families flee after Communist takeover in China in 1949?
Taiwan
What was the name given to Communist China (mainland) by Mao Tse-tung?
People’s Republic of China
What is the dividing line that separates North Korea from South Korea?
38th Parallel
What is the battle line in the southeastern corner of Korea where outmanned and outgunned Americans were forced to retreat at the beginning of the Korean War?
Pusan Perimeter
Where did General MacArthur surprise the world by landing American forces who proceeded to recapture Seoul and cut the North Korean supply lines?
Inchon
Where did an American trained force of 1,600 exiled Cuban freedom fighters invade Cuba in 1961 in an attempt to overthrow the Castro regime?
Bay of Pigs
What islands were British possessions in the South Atlantic and were invaded by Argentine forces in 1982. Britain won the brief/bloody battle and regained control.
Falkland Islands
Britain won the brief/bloody battle and regained control.
What island in the West Indies did Fidel Castro plan to use as a military base to invade the mainland of South America?
Grenada
It was liberated by the U.S. and Ronald Reagan.
What was the site of a severe nuclear reactor accident in the Soviet Union?
Chernobyl
What was the site where a million Chinese university students and workers gathered in Beijing for a great demonstration for freedom in 1989?
Tiananmen Square
Troops crushed the demonstration and massacred thousands.
What was the name given to the 11 former Soviet republics that banded together after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991?
Commonwealth of Independent States
