Early Cold War
This organization was a collective security groups formed by the United States and other western countries.
NATO
What was the U.S. policy of trying to stop the spread of communism called?
Containment
The period of eased tensions in the 1970's Cold War
Dètente
What trend allowed for a lot of new countries to achieve their independence
European countries suffering from WWII
What Indian leader used nonviolent resistance to fight for independence from Britain?
Mohandas Ghandi
This European recovery plan offered $13 billion to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
Marshall Plan
This 1947 U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism by supporting nations resisting it.
Truman Doctrine
The last leader of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev
The name of the laws promoting segregation in South Africa
Apartheid
What trend was common in Southeast Asian countries during Decolonization
Internal power struggles
This 1948–49 event involved Western Allies flying in supplies during a Soviet blockade.
This Cold War theory claimed if one country fell to communism, others nearby would follow.
Domino Theory
The first satellite launched into space by the USSR
Sputnik
What African leader is known for fighting against discrimination and becoming South Africa’s first Black president?
Nelson Mandela
What event involved Indians marching to the sea to make their own salt in protest of British laws?
Salt March
What was the Soviet Union’s response to the creation of NATO?
The Warsaw Pact
The term used to describe an armed conflict between two groups backed by the U.S. and the USSR respectively.
Proxy War
This event marks when the U.S. and USSR were closest to nuclear conflict.
Cuban Missile Crisis
What tragic event in Rwanda was caused by ethnic tensions between Hutus and Tutsis?
The Rwandan Genocide
What method did Great Britain use to organize the Partition of India
Organizing India and Pakistan by religion
This term was used by the former Prime Minister of Great Britain to describe the ideological divide forming in Europe
The Iron Curtain
This was the sentiment that prevented direct conflicts between the two sides in the Cold War
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
The first proxy war in the Cold War where the United States tried to limit the spread of Communism.
Current conflicts in Africa mainly arise from this issue
Ethnic Tensions
What was the name of the group that pushed for Indian independence starting in the 1800s?
Indian National Congress (INC)