Duplicate of Unit 10 Cold War and the End of Empires

The Cold War crisis in which the world came closest to a nuclear war; _______.

Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist revolution?

At Yalta, what did the Allies decide about the fate of Germany after the war ended?

What organization was the primary voice for Arab-Palestinians in their conflicts with Israel?

What became the main US policy towards communism during the Cold War?

This continent was still completely dominated by imperial powers at the end of WWII; ____.

People who favored a Jewish national homeland in Palestine were known as ____.

Name the first African nation to gain independence.

What organization was formed to protect its members from international military aggression?

What modern nations were formed by the British partition of India?

Name the former US colony that gained independence on July 4th, 1946.

What was the cause of the Berlin Airlift?

____, a policy of lessened Cold War tensions, replaced brinkmanship under President Nixon.

What larger historical era was started by successful launch of the first satellite?

What U.S. program provided aid to European nations to prevent the spread of communism?

Who was the U.S. backed leader of South Vietnam at the beginning of the Vietnam conflict?

Why was the location of the war crimes trials significant to close the Nazi rule of Germany?

What alliance was designed to protect the Soviet Union from Western Aggression?

What U.S. foreign policy was reflected in the American participation in the Korean War?

What country went from being a US ally to an enemy in early 1979?

The breakup of empires after WWII began with Britain’s most important colony; ______.

The former Dutch East Indies became the new country of _____.

What was “dangerous and useless” under the philosophy of the Chinese “Cultural Revolution”?

Where did the USSR have a ‘Vietnam-like experience’ in the 1980s?

How many Americans died in Vietnam?

The ___ consisted of developing nations, who were not aligned with either superpower.

The method used to charge and give trials to the Nazi leadership following World War II...

What European country was divided into zones of occupation following World War II?

In the first half of the 20th century, which European colonial power controlled Vietnam?

Which Soviet leader was known for his policy of “destalinization”?

A communist revolution in this Latin American nation provoked confrontation with the US.

The communist threat to Turkey and Greece led to the development of what U.S. foreign policy?

What was the first man made satellite launched into orbit?

Name the man who led the independence movement in India for thirty years.

What eventually happened to the country of South Vietnam?

Who was the communist leader of the Vietnamese independence movement?