Cold War beginning
There were leaders known as the ”Big Three”, what countries are they?
Great Britain, The US, and the Soviet Union
When was the UN established ?
1945
Name two proxy wars
Korea and Vietnam
Where was land reforms a vital issue ?
China, Iran, Vietnam, Ethiopia, India, and a number of Latin American countries, including Mexico, Bolivia, and Venezuela.
What was the Zionist movement ?
from reaction to the Dreyfus Affair. Theodore Herzl, a Hungarian Jewish intellectual and journalist, used the affair as evidence that assimilation of Jews into European society was failing to provide safety and equal opportunity. At the First Zionist Congress in 1897, he urged the creation of a separate Jewish state.
What was the Yalta confefence?
it focused on plans to reconstruct Eastern Europe and for defeating Japan
Describe the “Iron Curtain” metaphor
It described the split between Eastern and Western Europe
Several western nations created…
North Atlantic Treaty Organizations (NATO)
What two ideologies were fighting for control of China ?
Communists and Nationalists
What was the Yom Kippur War ?
Israel repelled a surprise invasion by Egypt and Syria.
Early 1950s, what did the US and the Soviet Union develop?
Hydrogen bomb
Describe what capitalism and communism is and what country belongs to each
USA: Capitalists, private property and were able to make own decisions. Self interest
Soviet Union: Communist, owned by government
Who were the members of the NATO?
Belgium Canada Denmark France Great Britain Iceland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal and USA
Peasants lands were organized into communes, what was the policy called and what are communes ?
Great leap forward. Communes: large agricultural communities where the state held the land, not private owners.
What was a tension between India and Pakistan ?
Kashmir: border region mountainous north
After WWI, what were these countries begging for from the government?
Self-determination
What are satellite countries ?
Small states that are economically or Politically dependent on a larger, more powerful state and were forced to import goods to soviets
How did the Korean War begin?
began when North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to reunite the country under its leadership
what are Red Guards ?
groups of revolutionary students, to seize government officials, teachers, and others and send them to the countryside for reeducation
Who was the worlds first female prime minister?
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
What plan was created by the US to help European countries?
Marshall Plan
What was the name of the speech which would help the stop of communism spreading ? In what countries specifically ?
Truman Doctrine, specifically in Greece and Turkey
John F Kennedy, Bay of Pigs
Where was the white revolution and what did it mean ?
In Iran. They came without bloodshed.
What countries were starting to allow women to have power ?
Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan