History 103
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- People's Republic of China
- What is the official name of mainland China today?
- 1979
- The Iranian revolution occurred in what year?
- Grenada, Panama
- Name 2 countries in Latin America that the US invaded in the 1980's: (alpha)
- Afghanistan, Guatemala, Iran
- Name 3 countries sabatoged by the US through the policy of proxy wars? (alpha)
- General Suharto
- What was the name of the Indonesian army general who seized power in Indonesia in 1965 and organized a mass killing of communists?
- Asian-African Association Conference
- The leaders of 29 states, most from newly decolonized countries, met in Indonesia in 1955. What was the name of their conference?
- 1963
- In what year did the US government orchestrate the overthrow and assassination of the man it had installed as president of South Vietnam?
- 1980-1988
- What years did the Iran-Iraq war begin and end?
- 1972
- In what year did President Nixon meet Mao Zedong in Beijing?
- Mohammed Mossadegh
- Who was the Iranian prime minister overthrown by the CIA in 1953?
- Iraq
- Which side did the US favor in the Iran-Iraq war?
- 1950-1953
- What years did the Korean war begin and end?
- 1949
- In what year did followers of the Guomindang flee to Taiwan?
- Patrice Lumumba
- What Congolese politician won the 1960 elections, and proclaimed independance?
- Ngo Dinh Diem
- The US government began building the state of South Vietnam in 1954. What man did the US goverment install as president of this new state?
- 1965
- As the government of South Vietnam collapsed because of its own unpopularity, the US decided to blame North Vietnam. In what year did the US government begin bombing North Vietnam?
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- John Foster Dulles was the Secretary of State for which US president?
- Republic of China
- What is the official name of Taiwan today?