Key Figures Flashcards
(8 cards)
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Mao Zedong
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Communist leader who established the peoples republic of china in 1949
2
Q
Fidel Castro
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Communist leader of cuba allied with USSR during cold war tensions
3
Q
John F. Kennedy
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US president during cuban missile crisis and promoted containment of communism
4
Q
Nikita Khrushchev
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Soviet leader during cuban missile crisis and faced off with Kennedy
5
Q
Kim II Sung
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First communist leader of North Korea during and after the korean war
6
Q
Ho Chi Minh
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Communist leader of North Vietnam who fought for vietnamese independence
7
Q
Pol Pot
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Brutal dictator of cambodia responsible for genocide under Khmer Rouge Rule
8
Q
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Soviet leader who reformed the USSR and helped end the cold war
