Foreign Policy Chronology Flashcards
Question 20
1
Q
The Great Depression
A
- 1930s
Aug 1929 - 1939
2
Q
WW2
A
- 1940s
Sept 1939 - Sept 1945
3
Q
Beginning of the Cold War
A
- 1940s
March 1947
4
Q
PRC est.
A
- 1940s
October 1949
5
Q
Korean War
A
- 1950s
June 1950 - July 1953
6
Q
Largest wave of Decolonization
A
- 1960s
1945-1970
7
Q
Cuban Missile Crisis
A
- 1960s
Oct 1962
8
Q
Six-Day War
A
- 1960s
June 1967
9
Q
Nixon’s first visit to China
A
- 1970s
Feb 1972
10
Q
First oil embargo
A
- 1970s
Oct 1973
11
Q
End of the Vietnam War
A
- 1970s
Apr 1975
12
Q
Camp David Accord
A
- 1970s
Sept 1978
13
Q
Islamic Republic est. in Iran after the overthrow of Shah
A
- 1970s
1979
14
Q
Iran-Contra Affair
A
- 1980s
Aug 1985 - Mar 1987
15
Q
Tiananmen Square Massacre
A
- 1980s
Apr 1989 - June 1989
16
Q
US invasion of Panama
A
- 1980s
Dec 1989
17
Q
End of the Cold War
A
- 1990s
Dec 1991
18
Q
Desert Storm
A
- 1990s
Jan 1991 - Feb 1991
19
Q
EU-Maastricht Treaty
A
- 1990s
Feb 1992
20
Q
Oslo Accords
A
- 1990s
1993 & 1995 (Oslo I and & Oslo II)
21
Q
Rwandan genocide
A
- 1990s
Apr 1994 - Jul 1994
22
Q
Change from a White Regime to the Election of Nelson Mandela in South Africa
A
- 1990s
May 1994
23
Q
9-11
A
- 2000s
Sept 2001
24
Q
10-7
A
- 2000s
Oct 2001
25
Q
World Financial Crisis, or Great Recession
A
- 2000s
Dec 2007 - June 2009
26
Q
Arab Awakening
A
- 2010s
Dec 2010
27
Q
Belt and Road Initiative
A
- 2010s
Sept 2013
28
Q
Invasion of Ukraine, initial (Crimea)
A
- 2010s
Feb 2014 - Mar 2014
29
Q
Brexit referendum
A
- 2010s
June 2016
30
Q
Fall of Kabul
A
- 2020s
Aug 2021
31
Q
Invasion of Ukraine, subsequent
A
- 2020s
Feb 2022
