JeopardyNixon/FordCarter

Iran Hostage

End of Cold War

Iran Contra Vocabulary

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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question

What was Jimmy’s Carter Foreign Policy based on?

$100 Answer

Human Rights

$200 Question

Nixon’s Policy to ease Cold War tensions

$200 Answer

Détente

$300 Question

Who was Henry Kissinger and what did he believe in?

$300 Answer

Advisor to Nixon and FordHe believed in RealpolitikHe also wanted to use China And USSR against each other

$400 Question

•What did Carter do to ease tensions in Latin America?

$400 Answer

He gave up U.S. rights to the Panama Canal

$500 Question

What did Nixon do to improve foreign relations?

$500 Answer

–recognized China’s communist government –Made a deal to exchange scientific information with China –Visited China and USSR

$100 Question

Who seized the U.S. embassy and took the hostages?

$100 Answer

Iranian Students

$200 Question

What did the Iranians want in return for the hostages?

$200 Answer

They wanted to Shah returned to Iran to be tried for his crimes against his people.

$300 Question

What was the final deal that ended the Iranian Hostage Crisis?

$300 Answer

U.S. Unfroze Iranian Assets in exchange for the hostages

$400 Question

Why did the U.S. support the Shah?

$400 Answer

The Shah was not communist and was not a risk to U.S. access of oil

$500 Question

What events eventually led to the end of the hostage crisis?

$500 Answera. Reagan was elected in the 1980 election and promised to end the crisis by any means necessary.

b. The Ayatollah Khomeini’s supporters were elected to the Iranian parliament. This meant that there was no reason to hold the hostages to prevent any illegal political changes in Iran.

c. Iran and Iraq became involved in a war. Iranian assets had been frozen in the U.S. and they now needed the $ for war.

d. The Shah died in July 1980 living in Egypt. The main purpose of holding the hostages (to get the Shah back for trial) was gone.

$100 Question

This allowed open criticism of the USSR and Freedom of the Press

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Glasnost

$200 Question

Gorby’s Economic Reforms that allowed for some free enterprise in the USSR

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Peristroika

$300 Question

Which satellite country was the first to gain its independence from the USSR?

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Poland

$400 Question

How did Communist hardliners feel about Gorby’s reforms?

$400 Answer

They wanted to overthrow Gorbachev for his liberal policies, but were unable to.

$500 Question

When does the Cold War officially end?

$500 Answer

The USSR was declared officially dissolved on December 25, 1991

$100 Question

Communist government of Nicaragua

$100 Answer

Sandinistas

$200 Question

Anti-Communist rebels against the Communist government (Sandinistas) –Supported by the Reagan administration

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Contras

$300 Question

Islamic group (considered terrorist group by U.S.) based in Lebanon, responsible for taking American hostages in 1980s

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Hezbollah

$400 Question

Congress put this in place to stop U.S. from aiding the Contras for a two-year period.

$400 Answer

Boland Amendment

$500 Question

What is the connection the U.S. had with the Iran-Iraq War?

$500 Answer

We supported Iraq, but decided to secretly sell weapons to Iran in order to get their moderates to encourage Hezbollah to release our hostages.

$100 Question

Ford’s greatest foreign policy achievement; agreements promising greater cooperation between Eastern and Western Europe

$100 Answer

Helsinki Accords

$200 Question

When Carter fostered a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt they agreed Israel would give up conquered land (Sinai Peninsula) and Egypt would recognize Israel’s existence in this aggreement

$200 Answer

Camp David Accords

$300 Question

Why did Reagan want to spend so much $ to build up our military?

$300 Answer

to put fear into USSR and discourage them from wanting war with us

$400 Question

Why did Reagan attack Grenada?

$400 Answer

Grenada was developing close ties with Cuba/USSR

$500 Question

He was an exiled Muslim religious leader who led Iran in taking over the Shah *Bonus for correct spelling!

$500 Answer

Ayatollah Khomeini

Final Jeopardy

How does Iran-Contra compare to Watergate?

Final Jeopardy Answer

• Cover-up• President involved• People indicted and

pardoned• Presidential and

congressional investigations