WC - Ch. 33 Quiz Review

Which island did the Chinese Nationalists forces retreat to at the end of China's civil war?

In which country did the Khmer Rouge take control?

The Cuban Missile Crisis pitted the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev against president...

The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow...

The USA and the Soviet union had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet missiles in..

The policy of demonstrating willingness to engage in war to protect national interest.

Which person was the original commander of the United Nations forces in the Korean War?

In which Country did hte Vietcong do most of their fighting?

Campaign to restore the radical Communist values of China's leader in 1966?

Which side did the United States Support with financial aid and weapons during the civil war?

The economic aid package to help European nations rebuild after World War II.

For which person was Saigon renamed following the fall of South Vietnam in 1975?

Who was the first leader of the anti-communist government in South Vietnam

Churchill refered to the spread of communism in Eastern Europe as...

Dispute between the USA and the USSR that resulted from the shooting down of a spy plane.

Which side in China's civil war had more support from the peasants

The two Super Powers that faced off during the Cold War were...

The goal of Soviet policy known as destalinization was to...

The alliance to which East Germany belonged, but West Germany did not.

The Alliance between the United States, Canada and ten Western European Nations.

Chinese Nationalists and Communists fought together against what nation during WW2?

During the Cold War, one of the nonaligned nations was...

Who was the leader of Communist North Vietnam?

The first American President to visit Communist China was...

During the Cold War, most third world countries could have been accurately described as being..

Which country did the Soviet Union support during the Korean War?

What were the huge collective farms formed during the Great Leap forward called?

The policy of Détente was mainly intended to...

Involved dividing Germany into sectors controlled by the Soviet Union and the Western powers.

This was an alliance between the Soviet Union and its Eastern European Allies.

The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program was backed by...

The name of the first satellite launched into space by any country...

Vietnamization refers to...

The policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking soviet influence.

This is an organization of nations set up after World War II, including both superpowers.

Who fired Douglas MacArthur?

Which president called for "Vietnamization" of the Vietnam War?

In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded...