chp 33 test Flashcards
united nations
world organization for ed to prevent war
iron curtain
division between eastern and western europe during the cold war
containment
policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism
truman doctrine
policy of giving aid to countries threatened by communism
marshall plan
plan to give aid to european countries to help them recover
cold war
state of tension and mistrust between the united states and the soviet union
NATO
military alliance including the united states, canada, and western europe
warsaw pact
military alliance between the soviet union and eastern europe
brinkmanship
willingness on the part of the superpower to go to the edge of war
mao zedong
communist leader who defeated the nationalists and led the people’s republic of china
jiang jieshi
nationalist leader who set up a new government in taiwan
commune
large farm in china in which many families work the land and live together
red guards
young chinese students who carried out the cultural revolution
cultural revolution
uprising in china between 1966 and 1976 that aimed to establish a society of peasants and workers in which all were equal
38th parallel
line that separated north korea and south korea
douglas macarthur
leader of the united nations forces during the korean war
hi chi minh
vietnamese nationalist who drove the french out of vietnam and who led north vietnam
domino theory
theory that nations were like a row of dominos: if one fell to communism, the others would fall too
vietcong
communist rebel in south vietnamese who were supported by north vietnam
ngo dinh diem
leader of the anti-communist government of south vietnam
vietnamization
nixon’s plan for gradually wothdrawing US troops from vietnam and replacing them with south vietnamese troops
khmer rouge
communist rebels who set up a brutal government in cambodia
third world
developing nations in africa, asia, and latin america
nonaligned nations
countries that did not take sides with either the united states or the soviet union
