| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| United States withdraws from Vietnam | 1970’s | 79%
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| The Cuban Missile Crisis | 1960’s | 76%
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| The USSR collapses | 1990’s | 74%
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| The Bay of Pigs Invasion | 1960’s | 73%
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| North Korea invades South Korea | 1950’s | 72%
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| Gorbachev comes to power and enacts perestroika and glasnost | 1980’s | 68%
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| Boris Yeltsin becomes the leader of Russia | 1990’s | 61%
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| The USSR withdraws from Afghanistan | 1980’s | 60%
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| Poland is the first to quit communism peacefully | 1980’s | 60%
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| Communist revolutionaries take over mainland China | 1940’s | 56%
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| The Iranian Hostage Crisis | 1970’s | 56%
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| Churchill claims an “iron curtain” had descended on Eastern Europe | 1940’s | 55%
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| The Berlin Wall is dismantled | 1980’s | 55%
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| The Baltic countries declare independence from the USSR | 1990’s | 55%
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| The USSR begins its invasion of Afghanistan | 1970’s | 54%
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| The creation of NATO | 1940’s | 53%
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| The Soviet military crushes the Hungarian Revolution | 1950’s | 53%
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| The USSR launches Sputnik, starting the Space Race | 1950’s | 53%
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| The construction of the Berlin Wall | 1960’s | 53%
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| The USA flouts the Berlin Blockade with the Berlin Airlift | 1940’s | 47%
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| The Suez Crisis | 1950’s | 47%
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| China’s communist government is recognized by NATO and its allies | 1970’s | 36%
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| The USSR tests their first nuclear weapon | 1940’s | 34%
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| The USSR tests Tsar Bomba, the largest nuke ever | 1960’s | 34%
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| The USA and USSR agree to limit nuclear weapons with SALT I & II | 1970’s | 31%
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