The Cold War & Decolonization

This conflict in East Asia was the first military action of the Cold War.

This military alliance was made up of European communist states.

In Nicaragua, these reformers attempted to emulate communist governments.

In 1947, India was partitioned. What nation was designated for the Muslim population?

The Soviet Union collapsed in this year, officially ending the Cold War.

He was a leader of Vietnamese nationalism who wanted to unify the country under communism.

He overthrew Salvador Allende to create a military dictatorship with free market reforms.

Which international terrorist group uses violence to rid Muslim nations of foreign influence?

A successful example of communist land redistribution occurred in this Indian state.

He was the first president of Indonesia who organized a bloc of non-aligned nations.

Idi Amin seized power here. His regime was known for massacres of its people & economic mismanagement.

He was an Ethiopian leader who brought communist reforms & repression in the 1970s & 1980s.

This is the name given to a former colonizing country, or the parent state of a country.

Before it was granted independence in 1957, Ghana was a British colony known as ______________________.

A civil war in this former African colony grew into a Cold War competition.

Civil war in Nigeria resulted in the creation of this short-lived republic.

Which group was founded in 1885 and was instrumental in gaining independence from Britain?

This was Shah Reza Pahlavi's attempt to modernize Iran's economy, society, & military.

This guerrilla organization of Peru was inspired by Marxism and is considered a terrorist group.

Name the state that was created as a homeland for Jews after WWII.

He served as president of Tanzania but stepped down when he realized that his socialist policies were ineffective.

A war in which opposite sides use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly

Which country gained independence from France in 1953 and was taken over by the Khmer Rouge in 1975?

Which two economic/political systems were at odds during the Cold War?

The USSR invaded this country to set up a government more sympathetic to communism.

This country was home to a communist revolution that led to the execution of thousands of landlords.

Mao Zedong controlled China's economy with this repressive five year plan.

Countries who wanted to avoid choosing sides could join this group.

Where did Francisco Franco establish a conservative military dictatorship?

Name the two global superpowers that emerged at the end of WWII.

He practiced civil disobedience to help India's independence movement.

He began a program of domestic modernization in Egypt with help from the Soviet Union.

One common policy of communist states was the redistribution of ______________.

This French colony under Ahmed Ben Bella gained independence from Britain in 1962.

In the 1970s, she nationalized private banks as Prime Minister of India.

This military alliance was founded to strengthen Western allies against the Soviet threat.