| A | B |
|---|
| Third World | Developing nations, often newly independent, not alligned with either superpower |
| nonaligned nations | Independent countries that remained neutral in the Cold War |
| Fidel Castro | Cuban communist dictator |
| Anastasio Somoza | Nicaraguan dictator supported by the U.S. |
| mujahideen and Taliban | Afgan holy warrier rebels |
| Ayatolleh Khomeini | Leader of Iran's conservative Muslim leaders. |
| Mossadeq | Iranian Prim Minister force shah to leave Iran the first time |
| Bay of Pigs | US supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba to overthrow Castro but were defeated here |
| Contras | anti-Communist forces in Nicaragua |
| Daniel Ortega | Leader of the Communist Sandinistas who toppled Somoza's son in Nicaragua |
| Batista | Unpopular dictator of Cuba overthrown by Castro |
| U.S. Hostage Crisis | When U.S. embassy in Iran was seized and hostages taken |
| Shah | U.S. supported leader of Iran |
| Cuban Missle Crisis | Soviet Union put 42 missiles in Cuba |
