World History Events AD 1946 - Present
| The struggle between the Western nations and the Communists from 1946 to 1991. | Cold War. |
| What city was a particular source of conflict in the Cold War in 1948 and again in 1961? | Berlin. |
| What country declared independence in May, 1948, and continues to be a center of conflict in the Middle East? | Israel. |
| What country invaded its neighbor in June, 1950, in a war that remains in an unresolved truce through the current day. | North Korea. |
| When did the United States and Soviet Union almost engage in nuclear war over missile sites constructed in Castro’s communist Cuba? | 1962 |
| Where did the United States become directly involved in a bloody Cold War conflict from 1961-1973? | Vietnam. |
| What 1969 communications invention of the Pentagon revolutionized communication in the 1990's? | Internet. |
| When did United States astronauts led by Neil Armstrong win the ‘space race’ by walking on the moon? | 1969. |
| Where was the first theocratic Islamic Republic formed in 1979 when the Ayatollah Khomeini deposed the ruling shah? | Iran. |
| Soviet President Gorbachev’s perestroika led to this country’s independence through the election of Solidarity in 1989. | Poland. |
| What date marks the bloody attack by Islamic terrorists who crashed planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon? | September 11, 2001. |