The Cold War 1945-1970 vocabulary

Question 1

The Phillipines

Answer 1

A Southeast Asian country in the Western Pacific, comprising more than 7,000 islands. Its capital, Manila, is famous for its waterfront promenade and centuries-old Chinatown, Binondo. Intramuros, a walled city in colonial times, is the heart of Old Manila.

Question 2

Burma

Answer 2

“Be Upstairs Ready My Angel”

Question 3

Vietnam

Answer 3

A Southeast Asian country on the South China Sea known for its beaches, rivers, Buddhist pagodas and bustling cities, Hanoi, the capital, pays homage to the nation’s iconic Communist-era leader, Ho Chi Minh, via a huge marble mausoleum.

Question 4

Geneva Accords

Answer 4

The conference produced a set of documents.

Question 5

TET Offensive

Answer 5

A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War.

Question 6

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 6

A Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was Chairman and First secretary of the Workers’ Party of Vietnam.

Question 7

Paris Peace Accords

Answer 7

An agreement between the government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG), the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), and the United States to bring an end to the Vietnam War.

Question 8

LAOS

Answer 8

A Southeast Asian country traversed by the Mekong River and known for mountainous terrain, French colonial architecture, hill tribe settlements and Buddhist monasteries.

Question 9

Cambodia

Answer 9

A Southeast Asian nation whose landscape spans low-lying plains, the Mekong Delta, mountains and Gulf of Thailand coastline. Phnom Penh, its capital, is home to the art deco Central Market, glittering Royal Palace and the National Museum’s historical and archaeological exhibits.

Question 10

Muggabi

Answer 10

Zimbabwean politician who led the black nationalist struggle against the white minority government of Rhodesia.

Question 11

Belgian Congo

Answer 11

The Belgian Congo was a Belgian colony in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century.

Question 12

Israel

Answer 12

God contended

Question 13

Palestine

Answer 13

A geographical and historical region in the Middle East; State of Palestine, a modern de jure sovereign state in the Middle East recognized by 136 UN members

Question 14

Suez Crisis

Answer 14

An invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France.

Question 15

Ayatollah Khomeini

Answer 15

An Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader, philosopher, revolutionary, and politician.

Question 16

Six Day War

Answer 16

Fought between June 5 and 10, 1967 by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.

Question 17

Yasir

Answer 17

An international cricketer from Pakistan who is the second fastest bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 100 wickets.

Question 18

Arafat

Answer 18

A Palestinian political leader.

Question 19

Camp David Accords

Answer 19

Signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David.

Question 20

Nehru Ghandi

Answer 20

The first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in India

Question 21

OPEC

Answer 21

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Question 22

Kwame Nkrumah

Answer 22

Led Ghana to independence from Britain in 1957 and served as its first prime minister and president.

Question 23

Ghana

Answer 23

A nation on West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, is known for diverse wildlife, old forts and secluded beaches, such as at Busua. Coastal towns Elmina and Cape Coast contain posubans (native shrines), colonial buildings and castles-turned-museums that serve as testimonials to the slave trade.

Question 24

Kenya

Answer 24

A country in East Africa with coastline on the Indian Ocean. It encompasses savannah, lakelands, the dramatic Great Rift Valley and mountain highlands.

Question 25

Pan Arabism

Answer 25

An ideology espousing the unification of the countries of North Africa and West Asia from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea, referred to as the Arab world.

Question 26

Jomo Kenytta

Answer 26

A Kenyan politician who governed the Republic of Kenya as Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as President from 1964 to 1978.

Question 27

Maumau

Answer 27

A military conflict that took place in British Kenya between 1952 and 1960.