Unit 5 WH Test Review-Cold War

Jewish refugees wanted to enter ______________ and establish a Jewish homeland.

Prior to World War II, Communist rebels waged a civil war against what Nationalist ruler in China?

Terrorism is the use of violence against innocent people in the name of a cause.

Formosa was the island that the Nationalist leader in China was exiled to. It is also known as ______________ today

To this day, conflict continues between Israel and the surrounding Arab states.

What policy hoped to limit communism to those parts of Europe where it already existed?

NATO stands for National Alliance Treaty Organization.

Human rights and women’s right to vote were guaranteed in postwar Japan.

Who oversaw development in postwar Japan by trying to establish a new government in Japan?

leader of Egypt who won the admiration of the Arab world for his willingness to stand up to the West

The U. S. and Israel are staunch allies.

President who began coordinating international support for a response to the 9/11 attacks

In South Africa, official policy of racial segregation was known as apartheid.

Al-Qaeda is a terrorist group whose members are Muslim radicals devoted to using terrorist actions against Israel, USA

The United Nations resides in Washington, D.C. and is led by a Security Council.

President of Venezuela who denounced the United States

The end of World War II marked the beginning of the

Great tension between the US and the Soviet Union that many feared would lead to nuclear war.

Marxist party in the 1970s and 1980s who seized control of Nicaragua

To maintain its nuclear superiority, the US developed the

The Department of Homeland Security was created to protect the nation from future terrorist attacks.

believed in non-violent protest in res

_______ is the former prime minister of Israel.

By 1964, which country did not have nuclear weapons?

Nelson Mandela led a nationalist movement against apartheid in South Africa

Who led the Communist rebels in China?

Organization where representatives of different countries meet & seek peaceful solutions to problems is called

communist leader in Cuba who overthrew the nation’s pro-US regime in 1959

The new state _________ was officially proclaimed an independent Jewish state in May 1948 with support of United Nations

The World Health Organization (WHO) & OPEC are a few of organizations resulting from increased globalization.

Osama bin Laden led the terrorist group named Al-Qaeda

communist leader in Vietnam who seized control of the country’s northern territory

instituted the policies of glasnost and perestroika which brings an end to the Cold War in the late 1980s

Truman authorized the ____________ to boost Western Europe’s economy and help rebuild countries devastated by the war

_______________ is known as Jewish nationalism.