The Cold War Unfolds
Who led the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Western Europe?
The United States
A period of economic decline
recession
The forced joining together of workers and property into collectives, such as rural collectives that absorb peasants and their land.
collectivization
a soldier in a loosely organized force making surprise raids.
guerrillas
openess; A Soviet policy of greater freedom of expression introduced by Gorbachev in the late 1980s
glasnost
Who led the Warsaw Pact in Eastern Europe?
The Soviet Union
A country with a market economy but with increased government responsibility for the social and economic needs of its people.
Welfare State
An imaginary line marking 38 degrees of latitude, particularly the line at 38 degrees of latitude north across the Korean Peninsula, dividing Soviet forces to the north and American forces to the South after World War II.
38th Parallel
The leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
restructuring; A Soviet policy of democratic and free-market reforms introduced by Gorbachev in the late 1980s
perestrokia
Where was a wall built that split into east and west?
Berlin
West Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, and Italy signed a treaty to establish free trade among member nations for all products.
the European Community
A Chinese Communist program in the late 1960s to purge China of non-revolutionary tendencies that caused economic and social damage.
Cultural Revolution
communist rebels trying to overthrow South Vietnam's government
Viet Cong
A polish labor union and democracy movement
Solidarity
What was the relaxation of Cold War tensions during the 1970s called?
Detente
How did Japan's economy prosper after WWII
manufacturing, producing goods for export, an educated and skilled workforce, government regulation of industry, and imports.
Kim Il Sung was the dictator of which country?
North Korea
the belief that a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism, like a row of dominoes.
domino theory
This Country became the Superpower after the Cold War
The United States
How did the buildup of nuclear weapons discourage their use?
Fear of devastating nuclear attack
How did Democrats and Republicans differ on the best ways to improve opportunity for Americans?
Democrats: expand social programs
Republican: reducing the size of government
What caused the US and communist China's relationship to improve
Communist China and the Soviet Union were uneasy allies. Border clashes and disputes over ideology.
a massive and bloody offensive by communist guerillas against South Vietnamese and American forces on Tent, the Vietnamese New Year, 1968
Tet Offensive
These countries are still communist today
Cuba, North Korea, China, Vietnam