unit 8 terms

berlin blockade

when the soviet union limited access into berlin in 1947-1948

truman doctrine

new philosophy to stop the spread of communism

korean war

a proxy war led by douglas macarthur from 1950-1953 in which north korea wanted to spread communism

tehran conference

meeting in 1943 between allied nations coordinating military strategies to defeat nazis

yalta conference

meeting in 1945 to discuss how to end the war and split europe

potsdam conference

discussed plans to rebuild europe

satellite countries

countries in eastern europe controlled by soviet union

comecon

plan by soviet union to help rebuild eastern european countries (inspired by marshall plan)

military industrial complex

relationship between military and big defense contracters

non-aligned movement

the countries working to stay independent from the u.s. and soviet union

bay of pigs

failed mission by u.s. ordered by president kennedy to invade cuba

october 1962; kennedy and khrushchev

cuban missile crisis

white revolution

changes by the shah of Iran who gave voting rights to women

détente

the relaxation of strange relation between nations

prague spring

an attempt by people in Czechoslovakia

united fruit company

an influential american organization and business in central america

red guard

young people hired to enforce chairman mao’s cultural revolution

khmer rouge

communist organization killing over 1 million people in Cambodia led by Pol Pot

Nasser

president of Egypt promoting industry/modernization

Ho Chi Minh

communist leader of North Vietnam who wants to control all of Vietnam

viet cong

people living in South Vietnam who support communism and Ho Chi Minh

Iran revolution

1979 iranian extremist revolt democratic government and kidnapped over 100 americans

november 9th, 1989

the day the symbol of the cold war became demolished (Berlin wall)

Gorbachev

lets people do business out of Soviet Union

Ghana

country that gained independence from Britain in 1957

Ethiopia

country independent after WWII but was then overpowered by a communist government

Venezuela

country that does land redistribution to solve their problems

Israel

had a war with 3 different countries to increase amount of land controlled

shining path

group that tries to spread ideas of communism in Peru

theocracy

any country ran by religion to run government

muslim league

organization in India to get rid of British and organize Pakistan

Josip Broz Tito

leader of Yugoslavia during the Cold War and does an excellent job at keeping the Soviet Union away

Algeria

gained independence from France in 1962 but continued to be violent

Indira Gandhi

first female prime minister of India

Nigeria

country who had the Biafra civil war

Benazir Bhutto

female prime minister of Pakistan who is assassinated

Imre Nagy

Hungary leader who is executed by soviets in 1958

the united states, canada, france, great britain, denmark, norway, iceland, italy, and belgium

NATO

suez crisis

event in Egypt in 1956 where there was conflict between over who gets control of the Suez Canal

quiet revolution

revolution in Quebec, Canada over implementing French as a common language and Quebec becoming independent