Cold War Vocab

NATO

pledge to help others

Proxy War

When strong nations use a 3rd party to fight for them

Sputnik

Soviets begin space race for fighting

Bay of Pigs

U.S. backed invasion of Cuba

-this fails and Castro prevails

Cold War

ideological conflict between US and Soviet Union over democracy vs communism

Cultural Revolution

Mao purged all bourgeois, intellectuals, and old ways from Chinese society

MAD

deterrence; nuclear arsenals were so big that it prevented war

Iron Curtain

-division of Europe

-communism in the East and democracy in the West

Containment

preventing the spread of communism

Cuban Missile Crisis

-US learns that USSR was shipping missiles to Cuba

Both agree to meet each other’s goals:

*US removes missiles from Turkey

*USSR removes missiles from Cuba

*US will not invade Cuba

OPEC

cartel of oil countries

-controls oil prices and supplies

Detente

era of reduced tensions

Glasnost

“openness”

-ending censorship

-free speech

*leads to collapse of Soviet Union

Star Wars

massive missiles defense program made by Ronald Reagan

Perestroika

introduces capitalism in Soviet Union

*leads to collapse of Soviet Union

38th Parallel

Demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea

-caused 2 different govs to emerge (communism and democracy)

Domino Theory

When 1 country falls into communism, the rest of the countries follow

United Nations

-maintains peace and security in the world

-193 nations contribute or are members

Great Leap Forward

Mao’s plan to increase farm and industrial output, making agriculture more efficient