Vocab. Communist China Cold War Events Soviet Onion Hodge Podge
the state of diplomatic hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union in the decades following World War II
Cold War
a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression
Brinkmanship
a U.S. policy of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II
Marshall Plan
the independent countries that remained neutral in the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union
Nonaligned nations
a restructuring of the Soviet economy to permit more local decision making
Perestroika
The communist forces were led by…
Mao Zadong
The communist forces in China appealed to…
Peasants/Workers
Nationalist China was located here.
Taiwan
Communist China Collective Farms
Communes
Agriculture Industry Defense Science & Technology
Four Modernizations
The first real showdown between the Cold War Superpowers!
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
Location in which the communists of the north did not want free and open elections and became the aggressor. This country remains divided to this day.
Korean War
The US was not successful at its policy of containment here and was unified as communist in 1976.
Vietnam War
Fidel Castro
Dictator Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis
38 th Parallel 17 th Parallel
Korea Vietnam
Reasons for the Iron Curtain Give me 1
Buffer States Sphere of Influence Spread of Communism Markets/Resources
Glasnost was a ________ policy
Social
Perestroika was a _______ policy
Economic
Issued Glasnost, Perestroika, Democratization and the INF
Gorbachev
Became the Russian Republics first President
Boris Yeltsin
Domino Effect
One falls the other will Vietnam Eisenhower
Ngo Dinh Diem
Catholic Western Educated Leader of South Vietnam
Helped the North Korean Forces
Soviet Union and China
Who were the Vietcong?
Pro-Communist South Vietnamese
Issued “Shock Therapy”
BorisYeltsin