Cold War Rivalries
This policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism globally.
What is containment?
The process by which colonies gained independence from imperial powers.
What is decolonization?
A war between communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea.
What is the Korean War?
An economic system where the government controls production and distribution.
What is command economy?
A movement advocating for equal rights for women.
What is feminism?
The U.S. program that provided economic aid to rebuild Western Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This South Asian leader promoted nonviolent resistance against British rule.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
The prolonged conflict where the U.S. attempted to stop communism in Southeast Asia.
What is the Vietnam War?
China’s economic reforms under this leader introduced market elements.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
The spread of ideas, goods, and culture worldwide.
What is globalization?
The military alliance formed by the U.S. and Western allies in 1949.
What is NATO?
This African nation gained independence peacefully under Kwame Nkrumah.
What is Ghana?
This Middle Eastern conflict involved repeated wars between Israel and its neighbors.
What are the Arab-Israeli Wars?
This organization promotes global trade and reduces tariffs.
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
This international organization promotes peace and cooperation after WWII.
What is the United Nations?
The Soviet-led response to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This African country experienced a violent war of independence against France.
What is Algeria?
The Soviet invasion of this country contributed to Cold War tensions in the 1980s.
What is Afghanistan?
The policy of opening markets and reducing government control.
What is liberalization?
This Cold War policy allowed newly independent nations to avoid aligning with either the U.S. or USSR.
What is the Non-Aligned Movement?
This crisis in 1962 brought the U.S. and USSR closest to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This policy of racial segregation in South Africa ended in the 1990s.
What is apartheid?
The idea that if one nation fell to communism, the surrounding countries would fall as well.
What is the Domino Theory? (ex's???)
The Marshall Plan was part of this US Policy.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
He famously spoke of an "Iron Curtain" descending across Europe.
Who was Winston Churchill?