Unit 8 MKP

Question 1

Fransisco Franco (1892-1975)

Answer 1

-Military dictator of Spain from the end of the Spanish Civil War until his death
-He ruled as a repressive, semi-fascist totalitarian leader

Question 2

Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970)

Answer 2

-Colonel who helped overthrow the Egyptian monarchy and became the second president
-Kept Egypt neutral during the Cold War
-Tried to nationalize the Suez Canal which caused relations with the west grow tense

Question 3

Fidel Castro (1926-2016)

Answer 3

-Overthrew the Bautista government in Cuba and set up a communist government
-Allied Cuba with the USSR which led to the Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 4

Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)

Answer 4

-Oversaw Ghana’s independence from British colonial rule
-Was an advocate of Pan-Africism

Question 5

Kim II-Sung (1912-1994)

Answer 5

-Leader of communist North Korea during the Korean War
-Designated in the North Korean constitution as the “Eternal President”

Question 6

Chiang Kai-shek/Jiang Jieshi (1887-1975)

Answer 6

-Chinese Nationalist Party during the civil war with the communists
-Was forced to flee to Taiwan in 1949

Question 7

Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)

Answer 7

-Soviet leader responsible for the partial de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, the progress of the USSR’s early space program, and for several liberal reforms in domestic policy

Question 8

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948)

Answer 8

-Leader of the All-India Muslims League and worked with Gandhi to gain India’s independence
-Following the partition of India, he became the founder of the Muslim state of Pakistan

Question 9

Golda Meir (1898-1979)

Answer 9

-Israeli politician who became the country’s first female prime minister
-Worked towards peace in the Middle East

Question 10

Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969)

Answer 10

-Communist revolutionary who led the Viet Minh independence movement against the French in the 1950s and later led the North Vietnamese in the Vietnam War

Question 11

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)

Answer 11

-First prime minister of India
-Major leader of the Indian independence movement with Mahatma Gandhi through the National Congress

Question 12

Mao Zedong (1893-1976)

Answer 12

-Leader of the Chinese Communist Party during the Chinese Civil War
-Founding father of the People’s Republic of China
-During his time in power he implemented the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution

Question 13

Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-)

Answer 13

-Introduced policies of glasnot and perestroika to the USSR to reform the communist party and the state economy

Question 14

Josip Tito (1892-1980)

Answer 14

-Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesmen
-Considered to be the benevolent dictator of Yugoslavia and was the chief leader of the Non-aligned Movement

Question 15

Harry Truman (1884-1972)

Answer 15

-33rd President of the United States
-Implemented the Marshall plan to help rebuild the economy of Western Europe
-Established the Truman doctrine and NATO

Question 16

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

Answer 16

-Served as the 35th president of the United States during the height of the Cold War
-Majority of his work as president concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba

Question 17

Idi Amin (1925-2003)

Answer 17

-President of Uganda from 1971-1979
-Known as the “Butcher of Uganda”
-Considered to be one of the cruelest despots in modern global history

Question 18

Norodom Sihanouk (1922-2012)

Answer 18

-Became king of Cambodia during French colonial rule in 1941
-Secured Cambodian independence from France in 1953 and governed on and off until overthrown in a coup in 1970
-Continued to be active in Cambodian politics until his death in 2012