Cold War Shapes the World

Idea that led to escalation of U.S. troops in Vietnam

All of the following are true about the Cuban Missile crisis EXCEPT?

Leader of the Communist Revolution in China

a war instigated/started by a major power that does not itself become involved.

The U.S. and Britain backed which leader in Iran who embraced the West but ruled as a dictator?

Soviet alliance w/ East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, & Albania

Mao's Great Leap forward forced people to work in agricultural communes leading to famine

Willingness of a country to go to the edge of war

How many members are on the U.N. Security Council?

Easing of tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Nixon years was called detente.

Leaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Pledge of financial support by the U.S. for countries that rejected communism

Which country is not on the U.N. Security Council?

The Cuban Missile Crisis was an example of?

Which leader was removed for wanting to use nuclear war during the Korean War?

Name this Cold War leader

U.S. foreign policy directed at blocking Soviet stopping the expansion of communism

T/F: The United Nations General Assembly creates laws.

Defensive military alliance of 10 Western European nations with the United States and Canada

U.S. assistance program that helped rebuild Europe after WWII

Phrase used to represent Europe’s division after World War II

How many countries have the veto power on the U.N. Security Council?

International organization formed to protect its members against aggression

Revolution against Western ideas in China was the Great Leap Forward

What parallel divided North and South Korea. Today called the DMZ.

Who led the Iranian revolution?He rejected Western influence in Iran & wanted an Islamic State.

Communist leader of Vietnam