Who was the leader of the Cuban Revolution?
Fidel Castro
What was the dangerous dimension of the Cold War that was expressed during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nuclear weapons arms race
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last after the discovery of the missiles?
13 days after American discovery
What is the other word for the struggle for independence?
Decolonization
Which nationalist organization in Algeria led the country to independence from France?
National Liberation Front (NLF)
What did India's independence movement find expression in?
Indian National Congress
What is the Indian National Congress?
Political party led by Mohandas Gandhi that freed India from Britain
What did the growing skepticism about the possibility of a single Indian state find expression in?
Muslim League
Who was the primary leader of the Congress Party that rejected modern industrialization?
Mohandas Gandhi
What was Mohandas Gandhi also known as?
Mahatma
What was an effort to mobilize China's enormous population for rapid development & to fully move into a communist society?
Great Leap Forward
During China's Great Leap Forward, what was the land collected by the government divided into?
Peoples communes
What campaign did Mao Zedong launch in the mid-1960s to combat the capitalist tendencies that penetrated even the highest ranks of the communist party?
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Who led China in 1976 following Mao Zedong's death?
Deng Xiaoping
Between which years was the Korean War fought?
1950-1953
What model of socialist modernization did China initially sought to follow with important variation?
Soviet Union
How many new independent states were created following the collapse of the Soviet Union?
15 states
Parallel communist reform processes unfolded in the USSR under the leadership of who?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Which USSR leader led the projects of perestroika & glasnost?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Who was the leader of the USSR in the mid-1980s?
Mikhail Gorbachev
What did perestroika mean?
Restructuring
What did glasnost mean?
Openness
Which reform policy implemented in the USSR was also wanted in Eastern Europe?
Glasnost