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  1. Manhattan Project: Developed atomic bomb during WWII.

  2. Yalta Conference: Allied leaders discuss post-war Europe.

  3. Potsdam Conference: Addressed post-WWII issues and divided Germany.

  4. United Nations Security Council: Maintains international peace and security.

  5. "Iron Curtain": Term for the division of Europe during the Cold War.

  6. Truman Doctrine: US policy to contain communism.

  7. Containment Policy: Strategy to prevent the spread of communism.

  8. Marshall Plan: US aid to rebuild post-WWII Europe.

  9. Berlin Airlift: Western Allies supply West Berlin during Soviet blockade.

  10. NATO vs. Warsaw Pact: Military alliances during the Cold War.

  11. Brinkmanship: Cold War strategy of pushing conflicts to the brink of war.

  12. Sputnik and U-2 incident: Space race and espionage events.

  13. Mao Zedong: Chinese Communist leader.

  14. Jiang Jieshi: Chinese Nationalist leader.

  15. Chinese Civil War: Communists vs. Nationalists conflict.

  16. The Great Leap Forward: Mao's failed economic campaign.

  17. Cultural Revolution: Mao's movement to reassert communist ideology.

  18. Korean 38th Parallel: Division of Korea after WWII.

  19. Douglas MacArthur: US general in Korean War.

  20. Ho Chi Minh: Vietnamese Communist leader.

  21. Ngo Dinh Diem: South Vietnamese leader.

  22. "Domino Theory": Belief that if one country falls to communism, others will follow.

  23. "Vietnamization": US policy to shift Vietnam War burden to South Vietnam.

  24. Khmer Rouge/Pol Pot: Cambodian communist regime.

  25. First/Second/Third World: Cold War terminology for global divisions.

  26. Bandung Conference: Asian-African nations discuss colonialism.

  27. Caudillos: Latin American military leaders.

  28. United Fruit Company: US company in Latin America.

  29. Fidel Castro: Cuban Communist leader.

  30. Cuban Missile Crisis: US-Soviet confrontation over missiles in Cuba.

  31. Nikita Khruschev: Soviet leader after Stalin.