Cold war and after
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- Q1Warsaw PactThe communist mutual defense pact to counter Western Europe?30s
- Q2SEATOName the mutual defense pact for Asia to fight communist aggression.30s
- Q3decolonizationThe term for the reversal of 19th Century imperialism by the 1950-60's30s
- Q4Helsinki AccordsIn 1975 President Ford held detente with the Soviets and came up with what agreement on Soviet influence and human rights?30s
- Q5the "iron curtain"What was the 1940-50's imaginary line that divided Europe into free vs communist?30s
- Q6invasion of AfghanistanWhat was the 1979 event that lead the slow decline of communist popularity and control in the USSR?30s
- Q7NixonWhat US President arranged the Paris Peace Treaty with Vietnam?30s
- Q8French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in VietnamWhat event caused the Geneva Accords?30s
- Q9Cuban Missile CrisisWhat 1962 event brought the US and USSR close to nuclear war?30s
- Q10airlifted supplies into WBerlinHow did the US and GB prevent the communists from taking West Berlin?30s
- Q11India, Palestine, and African coloniesWhat colonies did the British give up after WWII?30s
- Q12PolandWhat country had a Solidarity movement in the 1980s?30s
- Q13Korean WarWhat United Nations police action occurred from 1950-53?30s
- Q14Leonid BrezhnevWho replaced Krushchev and his policy was to interfere in eastern nations to support communist regimes?30s
- Q15HungaryWhat Eastern European nation attempted an uprising in 1956 which was put down by the Soviets?30s