Cold War Begins
A guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin to stop the flow of refugees from East Germany.
The Berlin Wall
building up armies and stores of weapons to keep up with an enemy
arms race
Which Communist leader rose to power in China during the 1940's?
Mao Zedong
Who controlled Korea until 1945?
Japan
College students of draft age lead an _________, in response to the destruction seen on television and the growing number of troops in Vietnam.
antiwar movement
Who said "From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent"
Winston Churchill
A group of collective farms which contained more than 30,000 people who lived and worked together
communes
Who was the groups that tried to further the Cultural Revolution by taking to the streets to cleanse "impure" capitalist elements.
The Red Guards
What line divided the communist and anticommunist zones of North Korea.
the 38th parallel
Who was the Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader?
Hồ Chí Minh
supplies flown to West Berlin by American and British airplanes after a blockade
The Berlin Airlift
a war in which the powers in conflict use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly
proxy war
What was the radical program that created vast communes in which people lived and worked together?
Great Leap Forward
The UN forces assisting South Korea were made up mostly of....
American Troops
France
Who emerged as the leader of the Soviet Union in 1955
Nikita Krushchev
a plan to keep something, such as communism, within its existing geographical boundaries and prevent further aggressive move
policy of containment
What is the "Final Stage" of Communism?
classless society
Who commanded the UN Forces until he was relieved of his duties by President Truman?
General Douglas Macarthur
the idea that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall
Domino Theory
Council set up by the Soviet Union, (in response to the Marshall Plan) to support economic cooperation of the Eastern European states
COMECON (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance )
policies of holding huge arsenals of nuclear weapons to prevent war; each nation believed that neither would launch a nuclear attack since both knew that the other side could strike back with devastating power
deterrence
What party did the United State support during the Civil War in China?
The Nationalist party lead by Chiang Kai-shek.
Who was the President of South Korea during the Korean War?
Syngman Rhee
In 1973, President Nixon reached an agreement with North Vietnam in the _______ that allowed the United States to withdraw its forces
Paris Peace Accords