Untitled Flashcards Set

1

Eastern European was the first area of disagreement between the superpowers over what?

free elections

2

Turkey and Greece were provided $400 million in financial aid by what?

the Truman Doctrine

3

Western Europe was provided $13 billion in aid by what?

the Marshall Plan

4

After WWII Berlin was NOT in whose occupational zone?

United States, Great Britain or France

5

Great Britain, France and Canada were members of what during the Cold War?

NATO

6

In the civil war between the Nationalists and Communists, the United States support who?

the Nationalists

7

After being defeated by the Communists, who fled to Taiwan?

Chiang Kai-shek

8

"Hard work for a few years, happiness for a thousand" was the Communist Party's slogan during what?

the Great Leap Forward

9

Intellectuals and artists were especially open to what during the Cultural Revolution?

open to attacks

10

China's desire for Soviet aid to help do what caused tension between China and the Soviets in the late-50s?

help to retake Taiwan

11

Massive Retaliation was whose policy following the Korean War?

the Eisenhower administrations

12

Imposing the foreign policy of Containment was attempted by the US during which failed invasion?

the Bay of Pigs

13

A blockade was Kennedy's response to what in Cuba?

the Soviet installment of missiles

14

From the Vietnamese perspective, who was most importantly a nationalist?

Ho Chi Minh

15

Following the US withdrawal, Vietnam reunited but did not become what?

democratic, imperialist or theocratic

1

Satellites

Eastern European nations dominated by Soviets

2

George Kennan

US architect of containment

3

Warsaw Pact

Soviet collective security agreement

4

Nikita Khrushchev

Soviet leader that order the Berlin Wall

5

Superpower

nations with unrivaled military power

6

Mao Zedong

first leader of Communist China

7

Beijing

China's capital

8

Commune

collective farm

9

Red Guard

Mao's student militia

10

Deng Xioping

second leader of Communist China

11

Hanoi

capital of North Vietnam

12

38th Parallel

divide between North and South Korea

13

Pyongyang

capital of North Korea

14

17th Parallel

divide between North and South Vietnam

15

Seoul

capital of South Korea