Leaders
Who was the US president that took a hard stance on the USSR/ Negotiated arms reductions
Ronald Reagan
What was the US policy to stop the spread of communism?
containment
What did Nasser nationalizing the Suez Canal trigger?
Suez Canal Crisis
How did perestroika destabilize the USSR?
Weak Centralized Control
What was the outcome of Vietnam war?
Vietnam reunites as communist
Who was the anti-communist Prime Minister of the UK
Margaret Thatcher
What is the belief that if one nation becomes communist neighboring countries would follow?
Domino Theory
What was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What event in China led to chaos famine and failed steel production?
The Great Leap Forward
What is a proxy war?
war/conflict where combatants are supported by 3rd party
Who was the Soviet Leader that implemented glasnost/perestroika
Mikhail Gorbachev
What was the Western Democratic alliance formed to defend against communism?
NATO
What was the Bay of Pigs ?
Failed US invasion of Cuba/Overthrow Fidel Castro
Which Leader reformed Chinas economy allowing trade?
Deng Xiaoping
Increased globalization leads to what?
more competition in international markets
Who was the Chinese leader that launched the cultural revolution?
Mao Zedong
What was the alliance of communist nations called?
Warsaw Pact
Soviets crush an uprising with tanks
Hungarian revolution
What was a economic result of the Soviet Unions breakup?
Emergence of new independent economies/countries
What political ideology did Mao Zedong adhere to??
Communism
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
US involvement in Vietnam demonstrates what policy and belief system?
Containment/ Domino Theory
What am I describing? Soviets block access to West Berlin due to western currency
Berlin Blockade
How did United Nations increase global interdependence ?
resolve problems diplomatically
Is totalitarianism a political or economic system of USSR?
Political