History summative
Cold War - Period of political tension between the Soviet Union and the U.S.; w/o direct warfare | Nuclear Proliferation - spread of nuclear weapons to more countries | Little Red Book - A collection of Mao’s quotes used as communist propaganda | League of Nations Mandates - Territories controlled by European powers after WW1 |
Domino Theory - Idea that if one country falls others would sone fall as well | Truman Doctrine - U.S. policy to support countries resisting communism | 38th Parallel - The dividing line between North and South Korea | UN Partition Plan - UN proposal to divide Palestine into separate Jewish and Arah States |
Containment - U.S. trying to stop the spread of communism | Iron Curtain - The symbolic divide between communist eastern and capitalist western Europe | Kim Il Sung - First communist leader of North Korea | Al Nakba - Displacement of Palestines during creation of Isreal |
Marshall Plan - U.S. plan to give economic support to Western Europe after WW2 | Marxism - A political and Economic theory that advocates for a classless society | Syngman Rhee -First president of South Korea |
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Truman Doctrine - U.S. policy to support countries resisting communism | Kuomintang/ Guomindang - Nationalist party of China that ruled before the communists | “Police Action” - Term used by the U.S. to describe the Korean war without officially declaring war | Gaza War - Conflicts between Isreal and Palestine groups in Gaza |
Arms Race - A race between countries to see who could build the most powerful weapons | Chiang Kai Shek - Leader of the Kuomintang who fought against communists | French Indochina - A former French colony in southeast Asia | Intifada - Palestine uprisings against Israeli rule |
Space Race - Race between countries to see who would reach higher aerospace milestones | Mao Zedong - The communist leader of China (founded People’s republic of China) | Ho Chi Minh - Communsost leader in North Vietnam | Palestinian Authority - A governing body for Palestine territories |
Capitalism - Economic system where businesses and companies are privately owned | People’s Republic of China - The official name of communist China | Ngo Dinh Diem - U.S.-backed leader of South Vietnam; Overthrown and assassinated | Hamas - Palestinian military group and political organization that governs Gaza |
Socialism - An economic system where gov. Controls major industries | Hundred Flowers - A brief period in China when Mao suggested open criticism | Viet Minh-Viet Cong - Fought for Vietnam’s independence | Gaza - A small, densely populated Palestinian territory |
Communism - A political and economic system where gov. Owns all property | Great Leap Forward - Mao’s failed plan to rapidly industrialize China | Gulf of Tonkin Incident - Alledged attacks on U.S. ships by North Vietnam | West Bank - Palestinian territory occupied by Isreal |
Democracy - A system of gov. where people vote on leaders | 5-year plan - Economic programs in communist countries that set 5-year production goals | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - Gave U.S. president authority to escalate military action |
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Autocracy - A system of gov. where one person has absolute power | Liu Shaoqi- Chinese communist leader who was dumped after opposing Mao’s |
| Cuban Missile Crisis - A Cold War Confrontation over nuclear missiles in Cuba |
Proxy War - A war where powerful countries support different sides but don’t fight directly | Deng Xiaoping - A Chinese leader who introduced economic reforms and controlled China after Mao’s death | My Lai Massacre - U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians | Iran-Contra - U.S. political scandal involving secret arm sold to Iran |
Non-Aligned Movement - a group of countries that stayed neutral during the cold war | Cultural Revolution - Mao’s campaign to remove capitalist influences; led to chaos |
| Islamic Revolution - Overthrow of Irans’s monarchy; Islamic Republic |
NATO - A military alliance of Western countries to defend against soviet threats | Special Economic Zones - Areas in China with relaxed economic rules | Paris Peace Accords 1973 - Agreement that ended U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war | U.S.S.R. - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Communist state |
Warsaw Pact- A military alliance of communist countries led by the soviet union against NATO | Four Modernizations - Xiaoping’s reforms to improve agriculture, industry, and more in China | Zionism - Movement supporting the creation of a Jewish homeland | Gorbachev - The last leader of the Soviet Union; reforms like Glasnost and Perestroika. |
Glasnost- a soviet policy of openness and transparency | Perestroika - Policy of economic restructuring in the soviet union | Shah Pahlavi - Last monarch of Iran; overthrown in the Islamic revolution | Muhammad Mossadegh - Prime Minister of Iran |