Important People
was the primary leader of India’s independence movement and also the architect of a form of non-violent civil disobedience
Who is Mahatma Ghandi
The war fought over the spread of communism between communist N. Korea and non-communist S. Korea; U.S. leaders thought that the Soviet Union had helped plan the attack.
A conflict between North Vietnam (communist) and South Vietnam (non-communist). The U.S. tried to stop the spread of communism, but failed. South Vietnam became communist 2 years after the war ended.
What is the Korean War & Vietnam War?
The symbol of the differences between communist and noncommunist countries.
What is the Iron Curtain?
The time period when fighting was done by using money and words instead of guns and soldiers.
What is the Cold War?
Who is Winston Churchill?
*Daily Triple* An organization set up for nations to trade peacefully with one another and to help stop the spread of communism throughout the world.
What is NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Ordinary people and businesses control the production of goods and services, Supply & Demand, Entreprenuership
What is capitalism?
What are reasons decolonization of Africa doesn't work?
- Instability
- Poverty
- Resources being exploited
- Wars between ethnic groups
The president who took over after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death and who tried to stop the spread of communism.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
1989 Event where the physical barrier of East & West Germany was taken down
What is the falling of Berlin Wall?
The government controls production and owns the nation's natural and capital resources.
What is communism?
The US providing about $13 billion to aid rebuilding Europe.
What is Marshall Plan?
An anti-communist who believed there were communist spies working for the U.S. government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Khrushchev placed missiles in Cuba after being behind in the arms race. The Soviet Union removes them only when the U.S. promises not to invade Cuba. This became known as the __________________.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a war fought between groups or smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers
What is a proxy war?
*Daily Double* The policy of stopping the spread of communism
What is containment?
The dictator of the Soviet Union who believed that he should control a majority of Europe after WWII.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The location of the tank man during the cultural revolution in the Cold War
What is Tiananmen Square?
This was built to keep the people of East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Wall?
The amount of ethnic groups that were in Nigeria
What is 250?