Programs after WWII
An international organization founded in 1945 to prevent future wars.
The United Nations
the political and ideological barrier identified by Winston Churchill after World War II to describe the division between Capitalist Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe
Iron Curtain
French for "relaxation", signified a time of general coolness during the Cold War (Phase 2)
Detente
The fall of a structure that had been separating two areas of 1 European city from 1961-1989. Signified the downfall of Soviet-styled Communism
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The 2 economic ideologies held by the USA and USSR
Capitalism (USA) and Communism (USSR)
Organization founded as a collective defense for its members in response to an attack from an external party, aka USSR. The aim of the alliance was to prevent the further infiltration of the USSR in Europe.
NATO
A wall built in the capital city of Germany to divide the East and West sections of the city
Berlin Wall
a war fought between groups of smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers, and may have help and support from these larger countries.
Proxy war
What 2 events brought about the end of the Cold War?
1. Fall of the Berlin Wall
2. Fall of the Soviet Union
2 division of the world based on level of industrial and economic development. Not entirely based on geography.
1. Global North
2. Global South
A Russian formed alliance with its Eastern bloc countries to counter the growing power of NATO.
Warsaw Pact
The US ideas that 1) Communism must be contained the where it already existed and 2) If one country turned Communist, all countries around it may do the same
1) Containment
2) Domino Theory
a major confrontation in 1962 that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic missiles in a nearby country
Cuban-Missile Crisis
What happened to many Communist governments in Eastern Europe during the end of the Cold War?
They adopted new non-communist governments
100 points for each correct categorization
1. Countries not aligned with either superpower
2. Countries aligned with the USA
3. Countries aligned with the Soviet Union
1. aligned w/ USA -> 1st world
2. aligned w/ USSR -> 2nd world
3. unaligned -> 3rd world
A state-sponsored economic plan to restore postwar democracies and to keep communism from spreading by making sure people were not desperate. The US spent 13 billion $ to rebuild postwar Europe.
Marshall Plan
The attempted plot to overthrow Castro's regime in Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A Proxy war in East Asia during the 1950s that ended in a stalemate along a border that still exists today
Korean War
a new era of transparency and openness in the Soviet Union, run under Mikhail Gorbachev
Glasnost
Anti-apartheid activist and freedom fighter who was elected the first black president in South Africa in 1994
Nelson Mandela
Declared immediate economic aid to countries threatened by communist expansion, specifically targeted Turkey and Greece.
Truman Doctrine
The US-backed response to the Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift
Document between the US and USSR recognizing the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe and both countries affirming human rights
Helsinki Accords
Last leader of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
the idea that peoples of African descent have common interests and should be unified.
Pan-Africanism