Cold War Terms

Mao Zedong

Communist leader that had a stronghold in northwestern China

Jiang Jieshi

Controlled Nationalist forces that dominated southwestern China

People’s Republic of China (year created)

The mainland - had an area of more than 3.5 million square miles :1949

Taiwan ( Republic of China )

One of the two nations (island) that China was split into

Tibet

China took control by a brutal assault - people tried to revolt

Dalai Lama

Religious leader of Tibet that fled to India after China started gaining more control

Great Leap Forward

To expand the success of the first Five-Year Plan.Called for still larger collective farms, or communes.

Communes

Collective farms

Cultural Revolution

Where Mao Zedong reduced his role in government and other leaders moved away from Mao’s strict socialist ideas. - Goal was to establish a society of peasants and workers in which all were equal

Red Guards

Millions of high school and college students that left their classrooms and formed militia units

38th parallel

A line that crosses Korea at 38 degrees north latitude

Douglas MacArthur

Commander that commanded the UN to stop Korea’s invasion by sending international forces

Yalu River

Where the UN pushed the forces back - by the Chinese border

Who entered war —300,000 strong— in October 1950

The Chinese

Kim Il Sung

The Korean Communist dictator that established collective farms,developed heavy industry, and built up the military

Kimg Jong Il

Kim’s son that took power and under his rule North Korea developed nuclear weapons and had serious economic problems

Fidel Castro

Led a revolution in Cuba that overthrew unpopular dictator, Batista.

Bay of Pigs (what happened there?)

Where the United States was humiliated by Castro’s forces after they tried invading in southwestern Cuba

Cuban Missile Crisis: Who was involved? (leaders of Cuba, US, USSR)

Castro (Cuba) Khrushchev (USSR) John F. Kennedy (US)

Cuban Missile Crisis: What happened?

USSR secretly started building missile sites in Cuba. An American spy plane from the US realized this and John F. Kennedy decided that they were a threat and demanded their removal and also announced a naval blockade of Cuba.

Cuban Missile Crisis: Where did events take place?

Cuba

Cuban Missile Crisis: When was it? (year)

1962

Cuban Missile Crisis: Results?

Left Castro dependent on Soviet support

Cuban Missile Crisis: Why is it significant?

It triggered major shifts. Could’ve possibly caused World War 3. It also was using nuclear forces for backup.