Soviet Union
During WWI, there was a revolution in Russia which led to this type of government
Communist
Leader of the Chinese Communist Revolution
Mao Tse Tung
Competition between the U.S and Soviet Union to see who could dominate space travel
Space Race
Response by the West to a blockade of West Berlin by the Soviets
Berlin Airlift
Group of allies in the West, formed to help defend each other after WWII.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization
This person and his family were killed when the communists took Russia over
The Czar
Group of young people who carried Mao's "Red Book" with communist sayings and ideas, who attacked and harassed people in China for being unloyal
Red Guard
U.S. policy of giving money to rebuild Western Europe after WWII and lead those countries away from communism.
Marshal Plan
Imaginary line that Winston Churchill said divided Eastern and Western Europe
The Iron Curtain
Group of Eastern European Countries that formed an alliance in response to NATO
Warsaw Pact
This person led the communist revolution
Vladimir Lenon
Large Farms where Chinese peasant worked and shared everything. Many starved on these farms due to poor output.
Collectives
When the president of the United States promised money to countries like Greece and Turkey to fight Communist influence
Truman Doctrine
Modernization of Japan modelled on Western Governments
Meiji Restoration
A word communists use to refer to the working class
proletariat
This person was a brutal Dictator that controlled the Soviet Union during World War II and made a "non-aggression pact" with Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Mao Zedongs economic plan to help China which failed
The Great Leap Forward
U.S. policy to keep communism from spreading beyond USSR and it's Satellites
containment
Gorbachev's policy of "restructuring" the Soviet Union when he realized it needed change
Perestroika
A word Communists use to describe the capitalist money makers
bourgeoise
This leader began to practice openness and tolerance (glasnost and perestroika) and helped transition the USSR away from communism
Mikhail Gorbechev
Mao Zedong's plan to change the thinking of China and ensure that everyone
The Cultural Revolution
Two main countries that fought in a "proxy war" between USSR and USA
Korea and Vietnam
Gorbachev's policy of "openness" which began to allow people freedom in the Soviet Union.
Glasnost
Author of "The Communist Manifesto" who inspired revolutions all over the world
Karl Marx