The era of a state of tensions between the U.S. & Soviet Union without any actual direct fighting between the two from 1945-1989.

The defensive military alliance consisting of democratic nations pledged to resist the spread of communism after WWII.

The Soviets built a concrete wall between the eastern & western halves of this German city (1961-1989).

Many Americans and Western Europeans were taken hostage and/or killed due to radicals from this region in the 1980s.

Pro-Soviet dictator of Cuba from 1959-2008.

Fought for control of the Suez Canal in 1956. Israel, Britain, and France attacked Egypt. Egypt kept control of the canal.

Group consisting of Arab oil-producing nations. It regulates the price and distribution of its oil.

U.S.-sponsored Cuban exiles failed in their attempt to overthrow the pro-Soviet dictator in Cuba in 1961.

Jews created this new nation out of land Arabs had controlled for centuries. This created a constant state of tensions between the two groups.

Radical anti-American Saudi multi-millionaire that sponsored terrorism against American targets in the 1990s & 2000s.

Third Arab-Israeli War. Israel won and took more Arab land (1967).

Arab organization dedicated to the establishment of a homeland for Arabs displaced due to Israel’s creation.

Soviet-led defensive military alliance that was the communist equivalent of NATO.

Destructive weapon 500 times more powerful than a regular atomic bomb which is used in this type of bomb.

Dictator of Iraq that instigated 1990s Middle Eastern crises.

4th Arab-Israeli war (1973-1974); Israel won; Arabs boycotted oil shipments to Western nations causing an energy crisis.

It enforces tariff and trade rules and settles trade disputes between countries.

The Soviets never succeeded in taking it over this country as they occupied it from 1980-1988.

Leader of Chinese Nationalists that lost the Chinese Civil War & leader of Chinese communist rebels that won.

Leader of the African National Congress (ANC) that was jailed for many years as a resistor to apartheid in South Africa.

Civil war in southeastern Europe in the 1990s. The most devastating conflict in Europe since the end of WWII.

Every nation in the world except three signed this which eliminates a broad range of international tariffs.

Chinese landmark in Beijing where pro-democracy demonstrators were beaten and killed in 1989.

World peace-keeping organization formed after WWII to replace the ineffective League of Nations.

Reform-minded President of Russia in the 2000s.