Key Words Chapter 8

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Tehran Conference

Allies' agreement to aid in liberating Europe

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Yalta Conference

Focus on rebuilding Eastern Europe and defeating Japan

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Potsdam Conference

Meeting to negotiate WW2's end terms in Germany

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Self-determination

Idea of countries choosing own government and leaders

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Iron Curtain

Term for the division between Eastern and Western Europe

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Satellite countries

Smaller states dependent on a more powerful state

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World revolution

Belief in workers overthrowing capitalism globally

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Containment

Preventing the spread of communism

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Mutual assured destruction

Both sides being obliterated in a war scenario

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Marshall Plan

Aid plan offering $12 billion to European nations

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Proxy war

Major power inducing conflict between other nations

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Domino theory

Belief in communism's regional spread if not contained

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NATO

Alliance for mutual support against conflicts

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Communist bloc

Warsaw Pact nations combining forces under Moscow

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SEATO

Organization to halt communism's spread

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CENTO

Anti-Soviet treaty organization

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Contra War

Violence from differing ideological views

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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Ban on nuclear weapon testing in various environments

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Preventing spread of military nuclear tech to non-nuclear states

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Commune

Large state-run agricultural communities

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Theocracy

Government where religion is supreme authority

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Great Leap Foward

A policy that called for China to go through land reforms

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Cultural Revolution

Mao's attempt to reinvigorate China's commitment to communism

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White Revolution

Progressive reforms instituted by the shah

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One-party state

a system is a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system

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Muslim League

an organization that promoted the interests of the Muslim population in the British colony of India

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Organization of African Unity

an intergovernmental organization to promote unity and solidarity of African states

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Palestinian Liberation Organization

political organization claiming to represent the world's Palestinians

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Hamas

Controls a fraction of Palestine called Gaza

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Metropole

the homeland, central territory or the state exercising power over a colonial empire

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Detente

a relaxation of strained relations between nations

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Perestroika

an attempt to improve the failing communist command economy. Means "restructuring"

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Glasnost

encouraged transparency and freedom of speech within the Soviet Union. Means "openness"