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4th Q, A New World Order pt. 2 Flashcards

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clash between ideologies – political, economic, and psychological

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the Cold War

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began with the rise of the communist to power after the war

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the Cold War

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were pro-Soviet governments like the East Germany, Hungary, Romania, and Czechoslovakia

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Soviet satellite nations

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was the first area of conflict as western powers opposed the dominance of Soviet Union

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Eastern Europe

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remained divided into communist East and democratic West, an emblem of polarized Europe

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Germany

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Who said “an iron curtain has descended across the continent”?

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PM Winston Churchill

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was implemented in Greece, a piece of American foreign policy meant to suppress communist expansion

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the Truman Doctrine

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US Congress appropriated _______ to aid the Greeks to fight against the communist rebels

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$400 million

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USSR helped ________ for the victorious establishment of the People’s Republic of China

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Mao Zedong

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Democratic forces of ______ was pushed to the island of Taiwan

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Chiang Kai-shek

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was a defense strategy implemented by the US

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the Containment Policy

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avoid further direct confrontation between the US and the USSR

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the Containment Policy

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will indirectly stop the Soviet Union wherever they desire to expand

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the Containment Policy

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led to proxy wars

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the Containment Policy

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was an economic aid to the countries in war-torn Europe formulated by the US, June 1947

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the Marshall Plan

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alleviate poverty and to avoid the possibility of governments resorting to communism after WWII

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the Marshall Plan

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USSR saw this as a way to buy support from Eastern Europe

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the Marshall Plan

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USSR formulated the __________, leading to the creation of ____________

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Molotov Plan, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)

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failed to support Eastern Europe due to lack of financial resources

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COMECON

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bloc of countries under the sphere of influence of the US and Britain came to be known as the

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First World Countries

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countries were mostly capitalist democratic governments

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First World Countries

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under the Soviet influence, socialist-communist regimes

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Second World Countries

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Newly independent and poor nations

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Third World Countries

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The USA and the other Allied nations entered into the

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North Atlantic Treaty Organizations NATO

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created as a defensive pact against future aggression and to promote peace and global trade

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NATO

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Soviet and the most Eastern Europe signed into the

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Warsaw Pact (WarPac)

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treaty of friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance among communist-led Eastern European countries, having the same objectives with NATO

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WarPac

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led both countries to develop their own nuclear arsenal as a means of self-preservation

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Nuclear Arms Race

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competition in military power and nuclear technology

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Nuclear Arms Race

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was signed to limit stockpiles of nuclear weapons in 1968

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Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

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were conducted to prevent further accumulation of nuclear weapons in which both parties agreed

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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

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set of security policies based on the assumption that the presence of nuclear weapons along on both sides would prevent nuclear war

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deterrence

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first man-made satellite sent to space to orbit the Earth, Oct. 1957; made by the USSR

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Sputnik

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Soviet cosmonaut who became the first human in space in 1961

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Yuri Gagarin

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created the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA)

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US Pres. Dwight Eisenhower

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in charge of space research and exploration

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NASA

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Alan Shepard was launched above which spacecraft in May 1961?

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Freedom 7

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Who was launched on the aboard the Freedom 7 spacecraft in May 1961?

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Alan Shepard

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US Pres who vowed to sent the first manned mission to the moon

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Pres. JFK

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What mission landed on the lunar surface ending the space race, July 1969

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Apollo 11: Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong

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created a blockade in the city of Berlin in 1948 cutting off vital supplies in the process

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the Soviets

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isolated many citizens of West Germany

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Berlin blockade

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Germany was divided into four zones according to the

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Potsdam Conference

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planned to establish a communist regime in East Germany

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USSR

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Allies announced _______ to sustain a democratic West Germany and Europe

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Marshall Plan

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biggest aerial resupply mission ever embarked upon

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Operation Vittles

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commissioned the building of Berlin Wall

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Nikita Khrushchev

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became a symbol of Cold War

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Berlin Wall

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another form of a silent warfare due to trust issues

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espionage

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act of deserting one’s country

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defections

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became poverty stricken leading to massive defections

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East Germany

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sent spies to perform missions to intercept vital information (military intelligence) that can be used against the opposite camp

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espionage

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Central Intelligence Agency

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CIA

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

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FBI

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Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopanosti

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KGB

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Main Intelligence Directorate is owned by who?

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USSR

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leader of the Communist Party of Cuba

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Fidel Castro

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ousted the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista with the help of USSR

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Fidel Castro

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failed to invade Cuba securing the communist occupation in the island

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US

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threatened USSR with military force

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US

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Who sent nuclear missiles to Cuba?

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USSR

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USSR pledged to remove the missiles if the USA would

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refrain from invading Cuba

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refers to the gradual deterioration of diplomatic relationship between China and the USSR, 1950’s

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Sino-Soviet split

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Chinese saw this as a sign of racial discrimination

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Khrushchev discredited Mao as elder leader of communism

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The Chinese disagreed with Khrushchev’s _________

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de-Stalinization policy

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peaceful coexistence with the west

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de-Stalinization policy

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Chinese was offended when USSR didn’t give its support in

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China-India territorial conflict

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China denounced Soviet’s policy in

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Yugoslavia

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Mao criticized Khrushchev’s action during

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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