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Answer
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A) Berlin ________, American led action to relieve Berlin following Soviet land blockade.
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Airlift
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B) This cuban dictator wins an uncontested election in 1954.
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Batista
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C) This cuban dictator deposes ^^ in 1959.
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Castro
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D) Nixons attempted to reduce tensions with the comminist world.
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Détente
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E) This man is elected the 34th president if the USA.
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Eisenhower
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F) _________ revolution, revolution that preceeded the October revolution by the Bolsheviks.
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February
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G) Gorbachev announces this policy of openess and transparency.
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Glasnost
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H) Matyas Rakosi becomes prime minister of this country in 1952.
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Hungary
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I) '... An ___ _______ has descended on europe' famous quote from Winston Churchill.
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Iron Curtain
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J) Carlos the ______, marxist/Leninist terrorist of the 70s and 80s.
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Jackal
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K) This man succeeds Stalin as Secretary General of the Soviet Union.
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Khrushchev
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L) St Petersburg, prior to 1991.
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Leningrad
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M) Name of the massive US investment to rebuild Europe after WW2.
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Marshall plan
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N) Egyptian president who nationalised the Suez Canal.
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Nasser
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O) 'Father of the atomic bomb'
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Oppenheimer
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P) ______ ______ period of Czechoslovakian liberalisation, soon crushed by the USSR and her allies.
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Prague Spring
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Q) This dynasty collapses in China leading to the civil war in which the communists prevail.
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Qing
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R) Hysteria in the US over the percieved tbreat by communism ___ _____.
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Red scare
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S) The fall of/liberation of _______, by the Peoples Army of Vietnam in 1975 marks the end of the vietnam war.
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Saigon
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T) Island to where the chinese nationalists fled the Peoples Army of China.
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Taiwan
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U) An international diplomatic crisis erupts when this spy plane is shot down over Soviet territory.
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U-2
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V) _________ revolution, peaceful protests that lead to the overthrow of the communist government in Czechoslovakia.
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Velvet
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W) _____ pact, Soviet response to the NATO alliance.
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Warsaw
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X) Malcolm _ prominent member of the Nation of Islam.
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X
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Y) ____ Gagarin, the first human in space.
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Yuri
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Z) Commander in chief of Soviet forces in WW2.
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Zhukov
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