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What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
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To supporst countries that rejected communism
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Which two groups fought a devil war in China both before and after World War II?
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The nationalists and the Communists
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The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow ______
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Fidel Castro
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The United States and the Soviet Union had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet missiles in ______
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Cuba
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Islamic revolutionaries held more than 60 Americans hostage for over a year in ________
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Iran |
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The policy of detente was mainly intented to ________
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Reduce Cold War tensions
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Which of the following make up the Trans-Caucasian Republics?
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Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
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The dividing of India into two nations was referred to as
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The Partition
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People's "standard of living" is measured by
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The amount of goods they have
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What was the northmost NATO member shown on this map?
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Norway
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Name four Warsaw Pact countries that bordered NATO members.
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East Germany, Czechloslavakia, Bulgaria, Albania
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Which nonligned countries lay between NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
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Austria and Yugoslavia
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Which group had the most coastline on the Mediterranean Sea?
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NATO members
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After gaining their independance, India and Pakistan fought a war over
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Kashmir
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The extremist Islamic group that seized control of Afghanistan during the 1990s was known as the
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Taliban
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