Cold War
This economic system uses a free market economy where prices are determined by supply and demand.
Capitalism
This country was divided in half after World War II between democracy and communism
Germany
Iran
Conflict in which the U.S. helped to prevent the spread of communism in South Korea.
Korean War
The collapse of European colonial empires after World War II
Decolonization
This type of government was commonly associated with communist nations during the Cold War.
Totalitarian Dictatorship
A military alliance formed between the United States and its democratic-capitalist allies during the Cold War
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
This event was the closest the U.S. and Soviet Union came to all-out nuclear war.
Cuban Missile Crisis
This conflict resulted in the failure of the U.S. to prevent the spread of communism after this East Asian country achieved independence from France.
Leader Indian independence movement who used peaceful protest and civil disobedience tactics
Mahatma Gandhi
These two countries emerged as the world's last remaining superpowers after World War II
United States and Soviet Union
This policy ensured the Soviet Union would not attack democracies allied with the United States
An attack on one is an attack on all...
This communist leader of Cuba survived an overthrow attempt by the CIA of the United States.
Fidel Castro
The Soviet Union invaded this country to support a communist takeover from 1979-1989
Afghanistan
French colony who used violent tactics such as guerilla warfare to achieve independence.
Algeria and/or Vietnam
The United States and Soviet Union became rivals because they had opposing ____________
Ideologies
The governments and economic systems of West Germany and East Germany during the Cold War
West Germany: Capitalist Democracy
East Germany: Communist Dictatorshnip
Actions taken by a government to secretly overthrow a country's leader. The CIA (U.S.) and MI6 (Britain) are known for these.
Covert Operations
Governments that were controlled by the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe were known as....
Satellite States/Puppet Governments
Hindu, Muslim
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the further spread of communism.
containment
Doctrine that described the possibility of nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union and possible extinction of humans
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
Leader of the Chinese communist revolution that established the People's Republic of China
Mao Zedong
This revolt in Czechoslovakia was one of many revolts in Europe against Soviet rule.
Prague Spring
White rulers of South Africa during the Aparheid period.
Afrikanners