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55 Cards in this Set
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What is the name of the organization that has integrated several countries in Europe? |
European Union |
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Whom did Great Britain defeat in the Falklands War? |
Argentina |
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With what country did the allies fill it necessary to cooperate during World War II to defeat Germany? |
Russia |
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What author recounts her experiences during the holocaust? |
Corrie Ten Boom |
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What is the largest and most intricate global project to date? |
International Space Station |
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What country crushed the freedom demonstration at Tiananmen Square? |
China |
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The U.S. President encourage the development of a Strategic Defense Initiative program |
Ronald Reagan |
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Who was Britain's first woman prime minister? |
Margret Thatcher |
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In 1945, where did Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet to discuss World War II ? |
Yalta |
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What U.S. President called for a New World Order? |
George H. W. Bush |
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What European country was split by the free world and the U.S.S.R. ? |
Germany |
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What are nations supposedly independent but technically under dominance of another? |
Satellites |
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What term was used for neutral nations that were not yet aligned with either freedom or Communism during the Cold War? |
Third World nations |
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What is a lessening of tension or hostility between nations? |
Détente |
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What organization established in 1995 influenced a global economy? |
World Trade Organization |
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What musician is known for the Second Piano Concerto, the most popular piano concerto in 20th-century piano music? |
Sergei Rachmaninoff |
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At what parallel were North and South Korea divided? |
38th |
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What U.S. President promised the Panama Canal to the Panamanians? |
Carter |
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In what year did the U.S. Senate rectify the treaty to give complete control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians? |
1999 |
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In what year did the Berlin Wall come down? |
1989 |
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What does glasnost mean? |
Openness |
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What year did the United States end all involvement in Vietnam ? |
1975 |
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When was the Korean War fought? |
1950-1953 |
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What country launched the world's first man-made satellite? |
Soviet Union |
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What organization was formed in 1949 to combat the threat of Communism in the free world? |
NATO |
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When did Israel become a nation? |
1948 |
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Lake Victoria Congo River Mozambique Channel Libya Sudan Nigeria Somalia Nile River Liberia Mt. Kilimanjaro |
15 - Lake Victoria 2 - Congo River 1 - Mozambique Channel 18 - Libya 9 - Sudan 3 - Nigeria 7 - Somalia 5 - Nile River 17 - Liberia 6 - Mt. Kilimanjaro |
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NAFTA was a free-trade agreement signed by the United States Canada and _____. |
Mexico |
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_____ was created for the Muslims of India. |
Pakistan |
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U.S. President _____ signed a cease-fire ending the Vietnam Conflict. |
Nixon |
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Saddam Hussain leader of ____ invaded Kuwait. |
Iraq |
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The Bay of Pigs incident occurred during the US Presidency of _____. |
John F. Kennedy |
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Chiang Kai-shel was the leader of the ____ government of China. |
Nationalist |
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The United Nations headquarters is located in ____. |
New York City |
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What best states how the Truman Doctrine affected the spread of Communism? |
This policy did not destroy Communism and,in some cases, allowed it to spread. |
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What best describes the Communist takeover in the Americas? |
The Soviet union successfully assisted an overthrow of government and set up a base for Communist activities. |
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What best explains why the United States lost the Vietnam Conflict but won the Persian Gulf War? |
Military leaders were allowed to directly lead the Persian Gulf War unlike the Vietnam Conflict. |
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What best summarizes the conflicting views of Mikhail Gorbachev and Alekandr Solzhenitsyn ? |
Gorbachev proclaimed that a one world community would bring peace; Solzhenitsyn warned that biblical righteousness was the only hope for peace. |
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Cruel dictator of Romania |
Nicolae Ceausescu |
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Led Polish Solidarity movement |
Lech Walesa |
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Leader of Israel |
Davis Bun-Gurion |
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Mexican president |
Vicente Fox |
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Cuban dictator overthrown by the Fidel Castro |
Fulgencio Batista |
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Replaced Joseph Stalin |
Nikita Khrushchev |
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Conservative leader of West Germany |
Konrad Adenauer |
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Socialist president of France |
Francois Mitterrand |
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Led Iranian rebels in capturing the U.S. Embassy in Tehran |
Ayatollah Khomeini |
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Dictator of panama |
Manuel Noriega |
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_____, the most influential illustrator of the 20th century, produced illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post. |
Norman Rockwell |
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Before World War I, _____ work for India's independence from Great Britain. |
Mahatma Gandhi |
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The artistic approach of _____ focused primarily on the common workingman. |
Regionalism |
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The field ____ has opened new branches of biological research and medical treatment. |
Biotechnology |
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After World War II, Douglas MacArthur served as the military governor of occupied ____. |
Japan |
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General Norman Schwarzkopf led U.S. Forces during the ____ War. |
Persian Gulf |
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ESSAY: Explain what the Cold War was and how it ended. Explain how the Reagan doctrine affected the cold war include at least two countries that were helped by Reagan. |
The Cold War was fought with words and diplomacy; to gain friends for either freedom or Communism. The Cold War ended in 1991, with the break up of the Soviet Union. The Reagan Doctrine helped stop communism, before it enslaved a country. Two of the countries helped by the Reagan Doctrine was Grenada and Libya. |