| A | B |
| JFK | ordered cuban invasion |
| Eisenhower | President after Truman |
| Castro | Leader of Cuba |
| Failed Cuban invasion | Bay of Pigs |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Walter Lippmann | First popularized the term Cold War |
| NATO | Vast Western military alliance |
| Vladimir Lenin | Bolshevik leader |
| Joseph Stalin | Dictator of Russia from (1929-1953) |
| Truman Doctrine authorized aid | to fight communisim in Greece & Turkey |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Leader of the USSR in the mid 1980's |
| 1972 Israeli Tragedy | 11 olympic team member killed |
| De'tente | Mutal colaboration between U.S. & USSR |
| Cuban Missle Crisis | Elevated World fears of Nuclear War |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Leader of the USSR in 1962 |
| Khmer Rouge | Communist group in cambodia |
| Marshall Plan | Massive economic aid to rebuild western Europe |
| Kim II Sung | North Korean Communist leader |
| Mao Zedong | Communist leader of China (1950's) |
| Pol Pot | Inflicted genocidal massacre in Cambodia |