Acronyms + Chronology
This is the security alliance of democratic nations around the Atlantic Ocean
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization
This person was the nationalistic and communist leader of North Vietnam
Who is Ho Chi Minh
This country was divided between north and south, the US sent troops to stop the spread of communism but failed.
What is Vietnam
The easing of Cold War tensions
What is Detente
What is the Korean War
This Marxist dictator allowed the Soviet Union to place missiles in Cuba
Who is Fidel Castro
This city was divided between eastern communist and western capitalist sectors
What is Berlin
An attempt to rid an entire area of an ethnic group
What is Ethnic Cleansing
The gradual removal of US troops and increase role of combat troops from South Vietnam
What is Vietnamization
What is mutually assured destruction
This person led the Long March in China
Who is Mao Zedong
This term refers to newly independent developing nations
What are Third World Countries
The US policy to stop the spread of communism
What is Containment
Deng Xiaoping ordered martial law and troops fired on innocent protesters
What is the Tiananmen Square Massacre
This is the zone between North and South Korea where neither side is allowed to send troops
What is the DMZ
This person said "this is the year zero" and attempted to "purify" his country.
Who is Pol Pot
Territories of Eastern Europe that were forced to be members of the Warsaw Pact
What are the Satellite Nations
This policy created by Deng Xiaoping was designed to increase production in farming, defense, science, and industry.
What was the Four Modernizations
Event, pushed by the Solidarity movement, in October 1989 that ultimately led to the reunification of Germany
What is the tearing down of the Berlin Wall
On what date did the Soviet Union collapse?
When is Christmas Day, 1991
This man was responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
Territory where Slobodan Milosevic carried out ethnic cleansing
What is Bosnia- Herzegovina
This act sent military aid and funding to Greece and Turkey
What is the Truman Doctrine
Event in China led by the Red Guards
What is the Cultural Revolution