Test 2

Front 1

A political state that wields global dominance politically, economically, and culturally, is best known as a

Back 1

Hegemon

Front 2

A political state with exceptional capacity for successfully pursuing its interests around the world through military might and diplomatic interests is best known as

Back 2

Superpower

Front 3

The manifestation of political states focused on their own expansion, such as Nazi German expansion or U.S. vs. U.S.S.R., and projecting their world order is known as

Back 3

Lebensraum

Front 4

The author of Mein Kampf was

Back 4

Adolf Hitler

Front 5

Heartland Theory

Back 5

Halford John Mackinder

Front 6

Rimland Theory

Back 6

Nicholas Spykman

Front 7

Politische Geographie, Organic State Theory, Lebensraum

Back 7

Friedrich Ratzel

Front 8

U.S. Navy admiral who advocated that sea power was necessary to maintain American military supremacy

Back 8

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Front 9

Heartland means Pivot Area, which is what region

Back 9

Eurasia

Front 10

World Island refers to which region

Back 10

Eurasia

Front 11

Cold War was between who?

Back 11

The United States and the Soviet Union

Front 12

Who coined Iron Curtain?

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Winston Churchill

Front 13

Axis of Evil was coined by?

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David Frum

Front 14

Nixon's Secretary of State was?

Back 14

Henry Kissinger

Front 15

Josep Tito's socialist country was never affiliated with the Soviet Union or China

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Yugoslavia, Slovenia

Front 16

Eastern European country that was affiliated with Mau Tse Tung's China, most closed behind the Iron Curtain?

Back 16

Albania

Front 17

Revolutionary leader in Cuba who became Cuba's president for nearly 50 years was?

Back 17

Fidel Castro

Front 18

the first foothold of Soviet influence in the Western Hemisphere and remained so until the demise of that empire?

Back 18

Cuba

Front 19

Executed the Monroe Doctrine at the end of the Spanish-American war in 1898?

Back 19

William McKinley

Front 20

Democratically elected president of Guatemala who was ousted by the CIA's Operation Success?

Back 20

Jacobo Arbenz

Front 21

Revolutionary Hero in Cuba who was originally a doctor from Argentina and who later became an ideological hero for much of the Third World was?

Back 21

Che Guevara

Front 22

Military strongman that the US helped install in Cuba, who later became president and was then overthrown in the 1959 revolution?

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Fulgencio Batista

Front 23

Good Neighbor Policy?

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Front 24

Big Stick Policy

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Theodore Roosevelt

Front 25

Alliance for Progress in Latin America

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John F. Kennedy

Front 26

backed the right-wing rebels in Nicaragua during the 1980's?

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Ronald Reagan

Front 27

The president and leader of the National Guard in Nicaragua who was endorsed by U.S. Marines in the 1930s?

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Carlos Jose Solorzano

Front 28

The leader of Nicaraguan rebels against U.S. Marines in the 1930's was?

Back 28

Augusto Cesar Sandino

Front 29

John Foster Dulles, Presidential advisor

Back 29

Operation Success

Front 30

Axis of Evil included?

Back 30

Iran, Irag, and North Korea

Front 31

The War on Terrorism resulted in the invasions of which countries?

Back 31

Iraq, Afghanistan

Front 32

The Dayton Peace Accord produced 2 territorial entities, one controlled by Serbs and the other by Muslims and Croats in

Back 32

Bosnia

Front 33

Mesopotamia, once ruled by the British, coincides today mostly with

Back 33

Iraq

Front 34

The Muhajadeen, which was once supported by the US against the Soviets, became known as the Taliban in Which country?

Back 34

Afghanistan

Front 35

The Ayatollah Khomeini, who replaced the Shah in 1979 and was responsible for the American Embassy hostage crisis ruled which country?

Back 35

Iran

Front 36

The role of networks is necessary in order to understand the

Back 36

war on terror

Front 37

the greatest amount of political and cultural hegemony?

Back 37

England

Front 38

Former Yugoslav republic where ethnic cleansing was practiced?

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Front 39

The ethnic groups that occupy Bosnia-Herzegovina within Bosnia and Herzegovina is

Back 39

Bosnians, Cretes, and Serts

Front 40

One of two autonomous internal republics within Bosnia and Herzegovina are?

Back 40

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Republika Srpska

Front 41

The great hegemonic power of the 19th century was

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Great Britain

Front 42

Name at least 5 contemporary superpowers throughout

Back 42

Japan, India, Pakistan, China, South Korea, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia

Front 43

Major terrorist attacks led or inspired by Al-Queda have occurred since 2000 where?

Back 43

World Trade Center, New York, NY: 2001

Bali Bombings: 2002

Spain train bombings: 2004

London bombings: 2005