Chapter 18-Cold War
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38 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Superpower | nations stronger than other powerful nations (United states/soviet union) |
| NATO | North Atlantic treaty organization |
| Warsaw pact | split Europe in half (act that communists had to control satelite countries) |
| ABM | missiles that could shoot down other missiles from hostile countries. |
| Containment | america's basic policy towards communism |
| Berlin Wall | constructed to stop emigration (perminantly divides Europe) |
| Nuclear weapon | both sides had the power of the hydrogen bomb |
| GDP | growth demestic product |
| Segregation | forced separation |
| Discrimination | unequal treatment of barriers. |
| Detente | relaxation of tensions during the 1970's. |
| Cuban Missile crisis | the intense standoff (U.S. responded with a naval blockade) |
| Cold War | quickly spread over the globe (1945-1991) (no fire between Russia or US) |
| Recession | periods when economy shrinks |
| Welfare state | country with a market economy but increased government |
| European community | to establish free trade among member nations for all products |
| Collectivization | forced pooling of peasant land and labor; attempt to increase productivity |
| Cultural Revolution | goal is to purge China of "bour geois endencis" |
| demilitarized zone | an area with no military forces (between north/south Korea) |
| Great leap forward | Mao di zong caused this |
| 38th parallel | what they agreed to divide Korea by: (latitude) |
| Pusan Perimeter | what United Nations used to stop North Korean troops |
| Domino Theory | the view that a communist victory in Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments across southeat asia. |
| Viet Cong | National Liberation Front (vietnamese communoist) |
| Tet Offensive | marked a turning point in public opinion in the united states (vietnamese new year) |
| Mujahedin | Muslim religious war-riors (USSR fighting opponent) |
| Solidarity | an independent labor union |
| Ronald Reagan | U.S. president who lauched "Star wars" missile |
| Fidel Castro | organized an armed rebellion againist corrupt dictator who then ruled Cuba (1959) |
| Nikita Khrushchev | emerged as new Soviet leader (takes over USSR after Stalin) |
| John F. Kennedy | President who supported an invasion attempt by U.S. trained Cuban exiles. |
| Konrad Adenauer | west Germany's prime minister (helped turn economy around) |
| Mao Zedong | leader in the war (communist leader of China) |
| Kim ll Sung | became communist ally of the Soviet Union |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | came to power in Soviet Union (leader of Russia, tries to change the policies of Russia) |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialists Republic |
| CENTO | central treaty organization |
| SEATO | South east treaty organization |
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