11.4-11.5: Nixon to Present

Political leader who took over China and turned China into a communist nation

This man took over Cuba and turned Cuba into a communist country allied with the USSR

Assumption that if one country became communist, all countries in that region would also

Countries indirectly controlled by the Soviet Union were known as

This symbol for division in Europe comes down in November 1989

The terrorist network in Afghanistan that took credit for the 9/11 attacks is

Closest the US ever came to nuclear war with the USSR

Reagan's military program during the Cold War that essentially bankrupted the Soviets

The time after WWII when Americans were fearful of communists taking over the US govt is called

Iran finally released the Hostages during the Iran Hostage Crisis when this man left office

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

The first Persian Gulf War is known as Operation:

Freedom for economic and political change in the USSR was facilitated by

Nixon's foreign policy that focused on relaxing tensions with the Soviets and Chinese

Soviet/Afghanistan war is considered to be the Soviet Union's "____________________"

Treaty with the soviets to limits nuclear weapons

Hostages-for-arms deal to support the counterrevolutionaries in Nicaragua

This man succeeded Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union

Highlight of Carters Presidency was the peace treaty he facilitated between Egypt/Israel called

The leader of Iraq during Desert Storm and the 2nd Iraq war was.