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Cold War Conflicts in Latin America and the Middle East

The Cold War superpowers fueled conflicts in these regions leading to political, economic, and military crises. Learn about key events like the Cuban missile crisis, Nicaraguan Civil War, and Iranian Hostage Crisis. Discover the role of non-aligned nations like India and the turmoil faced by developing countries.

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Cold War Conflicts in Latin America and the Middle East

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  1. C-33 S-4 Cold War Around the World • The Cold War superpowers supported opposing sides in Latin American and Middle Eastern conflicts. • Many of these areas today are troubled by political, economic, and military conflict and crisis.

  2. Post WWII (nations grouped in 3 categories) • First World: U.S. & its allies • Second World: Soviet Union & its allies • Third World: Developing nations, often independent, not aligned with either superpower

  3. India  2nd largest in populationvowed to remain neutral in the Cold War

  4. Bay of PigsKennedy vs. Khrushchev & Castro

  5. Kennedy vs. Khrushchev & Castro

  6. Cuban missile crisis  WWIIIThis U-2 reconnaissance photo showed concrete evidence of missile assembly in Cuba

  7. Cuban Missile crisis(united Streaming)

  8. Nicaraguan Civil WarSandinista vs. Contra1981-1990

  9. Political Map Of Iran

  10. Khomeini & Return to Iran in 1979

  11. Iranian Hostage Crisis  444 days Iranian militants escort a blindfolded U.S. hostage to the media

  12. FAILED ATTEMPT TO RESCUE HOSTAGES IN IRAN

  13. Afghanistan: Soviet Union’s Vietnam Soviet troops withdrawing from Afghanistan in 1988.

  14. Important Facts • The Cold War superpowers supported opposing sides in Latin American and Middle Eastern conflicts. • Many of these areas today are troubled by political, economic, and military conflict and crisis.

  15. C-33 Important Facts

  16. During the Cold War, which of the these countries was a nonaligned nation? CubaIndiaJapan Poland

  17. India

  18. The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow the government of what Communist leader?

  19. Fidel Castro

  20. The United States and the Soviet Union had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet missiles in what country in the Western Hemisphere?

  21. Cuba

  22. Islamic revolutionaries held more than 60 Americans hostage for over a year in what Asian country?

  23. Iran

  24. What country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979?

  25. Afghanistan

  26. The Cuban missile crisis pitted Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev against President ______.

  27. John F. Kennedy

  28. During the Cold War, most Third World countries could have been accurately described as which of the following? • Developing nations • Established democracies • Located in Eastern Europe • Aligned with the United States

  29. Developing nations

  30. Following World War II, who was a part of each of these?========== • The First World • The Second World • The Third World

  31. The First World  U.S. and its allies • The Second World  Soviet Union and its allies • The Third World  Developing nations, often independent, not aligned with either superpower

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