Unit 6 Vocabulary Flashcards
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Containment
US policy of attempting to restrict soviet power
Cold war
Conflict between 2 “superheros”
Berlin wall
Wall that seperated west berlin from east berlin
Domino effect
The belief that if vietman fell to the communists, the rest of Asia would fall like a row of dominoes
Iron curtain
Ideological barrier that divided eastern and western europe
Communism
An economic system developed by karl marx
Cultural revolution
A period of revolutionary upheaval and political persecution in china from 1966 to 1976
Korean war
The us and other un contries intervented and forced communist back
Vietman war
War between communist n. Vietman and us supported S. vietman
Great Leap Forward
Mao Zedongs program to reduce enough food for the country
Mao Zedong
Marxist leader of communist revolution in china
Apartheid
System of racial separation in south africa
Nelson mandela
Leader imprisioned for speaking out against apartheid. He was sounth africas first black president
Mohandas Gandhi
Leader who achieved idian independence
Passive resistance
Gandhis hindu belifs influnced the use of non violent resistance
Decolonization
Process of dismantling of European empires after WWII
NATO
Mutual defense pact formed by Western nations in 1949
Cuban missile crisis
1962, the Soviet Union started a policy to place nuclear weapons in cuba
Glasnot
Encourage soviet citizens to voice new ideas and suggest ways to improve society
Perestroika
Restructuring intended to make the soviet economy more efficient and productive
Khmer rouge
Communist movement in cambodia that took power in 1975
Partition
Divide a region into separate political units
Warsaw pact
Created as a responce to NATO, this was an allience among the soviet bloc nations, binding members into a policy of common defense
Globalization
Creation of a global economy and societ through improved communications, transportation and trade
