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The most prominent African American civil rights leader in the United States during the 1950s and 60s. He was a baptist minister.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
founded in 1949 and is a group of 31 countries from Europe and North America this alliance exists to protect the people and territory of its members and was first created to counter the threat of soviet union.
What is NATO
This weapon is capable of mass destruction and causing long term enviromental damage. it was first used at the end of World War 2.
What is a Nuclear bomb
A ideology that shows a strong feeling of pride in ones nation, also includes thinking their nation is superior to other nations
What is nationalism
An economic system in which private actors own and control property in accord with their interests, and demand and supply freely set prices in markets in a way that can serve the best interests of society
What is Capitalism
This side of Berlin was democratic and capitalist, with a high standard of living, vibrant arts and culture scene, and many people wanted to move there from the opposite side of Berlin during the split of Berlin.
What is West Berlin
The collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe to counter NATO
What is the Warsaw pact
what is the Vietnam war
The idea that each country should choose its own form of government and leaders
What is Self-Determination
On April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. Causing the United States to provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. It was also known as the ...
what is the Marshall plan
What was the name given to the young people who were loyal to Mao Zedong and carried out his Cultural Revolution in China during the 1960s and 1970s
what are the red guards
This person was a philosopher who had ideas about class struggle and the exploitation of workers laid the foundation for marxist theory and communism?
Who is Karl Marx?
This theory was the idea that if one country turns into a communist country countries around it would also turn communist
Domino theory
This Territory is the largest of Canada's provinces, and its history is deeply rooted in French culture thet wanted independence from British controlled Canada Resulting in the quiet revolution
What is Quebec
The campaign started by the chinese communist party in China in 1958 to modernize and industrialize the country and its economy but it lead to famine and caused millions of deaths along with economical failure.
What is the Great leap foward
During the Cold War countries were divided into three groups the "First World" aligned with the United States and its allies the "Second World" aligned with the Soviet Union and its allies and the "Third World" non-aligned, or developing countries this term is known as the …
Three alignments
This meeting started in July 1945 where the leaders of the US, UK, and soviet union talked about what to do with Germany after World War II. They agreed to split Germany into different parts.
What is the Potsdam conference
People worldwide worried about deaths and environmental harm from nuclear war or nuclear testing. In 1963 the Soviet Union, the United States, and more than 100 other states signed this treaty
what is the Nuclear test ban treaty
The political movement by Mao Zedong in china that lasted from 1966 to 1977 . it was aimed at getting rid of capitalist and traditional elements from china and the promotion of revolutionary ideas in young people
What is the cultural revolution
an American foreign policy implemented by President Truman in 1947. Its goal was to stop the spread of communism and prevent Soviet dominance, the United States would provide, military and economic assistance.
what is the Truman doctrine
in South Africa a policy or system of segregation or discrimination towards colored people / Non-white South Africans
What is Apartheid
A policy of increased political openness and transparency implemented by the Soviet Union in the 1980s by Mikhail Gorbachev
what is Glasnost
This term is given to a city that immigrants of newly independent state freed from a colonizing country moves into a big city of the country they were previously colonized by.
what is Metropole / imperial metropole
What is the name of the political party founded in 1906 in India to promote the interest of muslims and protect their rights.
What is the Muslim League
The political and economic reform program in the soviet union started by Mikhail Gorbachev .The goal was to modernize the economy and political system by introducing market-oriented polices and political reform.
what is perestroika