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40 Cards in this Set
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Who quickly improved the economy of Germany with a free market?
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Konrad Adenauer
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What helped western European nations recover from World War II by pouring over twelve billion dollars in their economies?
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The Marshall Plan
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Who founded the Republic of China in Taiwan?
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Chiang Kai-shek
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What sought to improve agricultural production but failed and caused famine in China?
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Great Leap Forward
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What forces fought the North Koreans and Chinese Communist army?
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The United Nations
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Who declared Vietnam independent from France?
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Ho Chi Minh
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What was the name of the first man-made satellite and who was it sent by?
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Sputnik, Russia
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Who used passive resistance to achieve Indian independence?
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Mohandas Gandhi
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What Declaration acknowledged Israel's need for a homeland?
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The Balfour Declaration
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What war resulted in a Arab attempt to invade Israel?
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Six-Day War
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Who invaded Afghanistan but could not conquer the country?
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The Soviets
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What movement in Poland became an anti-Communist effort to oppose foreign domination?
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The Solidarity Movement
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Who were one of the main supporters of the Solidarity Movement?
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Roman Catholic Church
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Who became the first president of the Soviet Union?
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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What clash between nations, began after WWII, this war falls short of an actual war, more as a political rivalry?
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Cold War
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Who became the president of France and established the Fifth Republic?
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Charles de Gaulle
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What country had a speedy recovery after WWII, who was the leader that helped the speedy recovery?
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Japan, General MacAruther
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What is the common name of the six nation European organization that removed trade barriers which led to lower prices and increased sales?
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Common Market
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What was the league that originals intent was to protect its member nations from Soviet aggression?
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
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Who were the two clear world leaders following WWII?
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United States and Soviet Union
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Who lead the Great Leap Forward?
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Mao Zedong
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Which country fought a civil war against Communists in order to form a democracy?
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Greece
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Who started the Cultural Revolution, this person TRIED to purge all anti-communist elements from China?
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Mao Zedong
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A violent student-led uprising occurred in this place which resulted in the death of thousands?
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Tiananmen Square in Beijing China
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In which Korean town did the UN forces invade Korea?
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Inchon
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The entry of thousands of Chinese Communist troops preserved North Korea from total?
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Defeat
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When the Chinese invaded North Korea it surprised the UN forces and it pushed them all the way back across what in South Korea?
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38th Parallel
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In what country did the Soviet Union place nuclear missiles in 1962?
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Cuba
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Which country became the first to harness the power of the atom?
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the United States
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Who was the Communist leader of Vietnam?
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Ho Chi Minh
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Vietnamese Communists ended French efforts to regain this colony at the Battle of?
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Dien Bien Phu
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What was the term meaning the regions that remained neutral and did not ally themselves with the "free world"?
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Third World
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Which African country became the first to achieve their independence?
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Ghana
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Who had governed Palestine as a mandate following WWI?
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British
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Who was the successful leader of the Conservative Party in Great Britain?
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Margaret Thatcher
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Who was the strong president of the U.S. who led an effective campaign to restore democracy in many nations?
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Ronald Reagan
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Who was the Polish leader who was supported anti-Communism?
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Lech Walesa
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Who was the person who ruled the Soviet Union and was ruled out when he was out of the country on vacation?
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Nikita Khruschev
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Who allowed private ownership of businesses and released thousands of political prisoners?
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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After the Soviet Union had collapsed by 1991 the Soviet Union had divided into?
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fifteen independent states
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