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4th Q, A New World Order pt. 3 Flashcards

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1
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type of conflict where two nations avoid war and instead support other interest

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proxy war

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2
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US implemented the _______, stopping the spread of communism

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containment policy

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3
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implies that as one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will soon fall like dominoes stacked close to each other

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domino theory

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4
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Allies occupied Korean Peninsula after
World War II. Russia occupied _____ of the 38th degree parallel while the US occupied ______

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north, south

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two nations emerged in Korea:

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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the North, and the Republic of Korea in the South

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was mobilized fueled by Mao’s communist victory in China

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North Korean People’s Army

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was under the leadership of Kim Il-Sung, to “liberate” to liberate the pro-Western South Korea

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North Korean People’s Army

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8
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the fear of the spread of communism

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Red Scare

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9
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sent to lead the war in Korea

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General MacArthur

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pushed northwards with the intension to unify Korea

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American + South Korean troops

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troops retreated to ____ as the Chinese and Soviet troops intervened

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the 38th parallel

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12
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July 27, 1953, ________ was signed ending the Korean War

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Korean Armistice Agreement

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revolutionary leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

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14
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established Viet Minh/League for the Independence of Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

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seized control over the northern city of
Hanoi

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Viet Minh

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16
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declared himself as president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

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17
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The _______ supported the French in the south, while ____ supported the North

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US, China

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18
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divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel

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Geneva Accords

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19
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North Vietnam under ______, and the South under _______

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Democratic Republic of Vietnam, State of Vietnam

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20
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financed by the US, was assassinated in 1963 by Viet Cong

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Pres. Ngo Din Diem

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North Vietnam communist sympathizers who saw Ngo Din Diem’s rule as corrupt

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Viet Cong

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22
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sent more advisers and troops to Vietnam

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Pres. Lyndon Johnson

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23
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claimed that it was torpedoed by N. Vietnamese patrol boats, 1964

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Warship USS Maddox

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was an act of Congress allowing the president to send more troops against communist forces, officially beginning the Vietnam War

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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25
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was implemented by the US, a series of aerial bombings in North Vietnam

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Operation Rolling Thunder

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26
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The US troops had _______ in jungle battles, despite the advantage in military technology, and tactics – they still failed to defeat the Vietnamese

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little experience

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Anti-war protest by

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US civilians + war-torn veterans

28
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implemented by President Richard Nixon, slowly withdrawing US troops in 1969

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Vietnamization program

29
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brutal violence against Vietnamese civilians by US troops, worsened the anti-war protests

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My Lai massacre

30
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US and Vietnam signed ______, removing completely the US troops from the war

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Paris Peace Accords

31
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succumbed to the communists on April 30, 1975

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South Vietnam

32
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What was renamed “Ho Chi Minh city”?

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Saigon

33
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Country unified in 1976

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Vietnam

34
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exposed the weakness of the USSR, and showed that communism, like capitalism, is not the ideology that everyone would accept

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Soviet-Afghan war

35
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overthrew the government and established the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

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Pro-Soviet officers of Nur Mohammad Taraki

36
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started collectivizing farmlands, and eliminated the opposition forces

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transition -> socialism

37
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was mostly ambivalent, if not hostile to religions

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communism

38
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wanted an Islamic State

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Afghan people, who were faithful Muslims

39
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ethnic rebel forces

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Mujahideen

40
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rose against the communists in Afghanistan, declaring

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Mujahideen, jihad (holy war)

41
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invaded Afghanistan to contain the rebel forces

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USSR

42
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sent support to the rebels. Neighboring Muslim populations also helped fighting the communist

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US

43
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founder of al-Qaeda

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Osama Bin Laden

44
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Mujahideen proved successful against the Soviet forces with support/funding of who?

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US, Osama Bin Laden

45
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began training troops which would cause new conflicts in the Middle East in the following decades

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Bin Laden

46
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French word that means “thawing out”

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Detente

47
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aiming to relax Cold War tension using diplomacy instead of militarism

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Richard Nixon

48
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believed the benefit of economic and diplomatic relations

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Leonid Brezhnev

49
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first US president to visit the Soviet capital

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Richard Nixon

50
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What policy ended in 1979, Cold War resumed, leading to the Soviet-Afghan War

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detente policy

51
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enforced by President Ronald Reagan – an active campaign towards campaigning communist regimes to democracy

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rollback strategy

52
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known as _____ aiding Third World Countries with communist rebellions

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the Reagan Doctrine

53
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program of Gorbachev which loosened centralized control of many businesses, allowing manufacturers to decide for themselves which products to make, how many to produce, and what to charge for them

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Perestroika - liberal economic “restructuring”

54
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granting people access to social, cultural, and political information would lead to better participation of citizens to his economic and political programs

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Glasnost - “political openness”

55
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destroyed on November 9, 1989

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the Berlin Wall

56
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At the Malta Summit, who declared the end of the Cold War?

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Gorbachev + George H. W. Bush

57
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new form of colonialism which involves economic and cultural means

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neocolonialism

58
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becoming dependent on the goods that the colonizers brought them

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economic factors

59
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foreign culture has influenced their own way of life

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social factors

60
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former colonies have colonial mentality, believing that former colonizers have it better than they do

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psychological factors

61
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Through economic aid, former colonies were buried to indebtedness and dependence

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economic dependence

62
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organizations perpetuating economic dependence

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International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization

63
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desire to expand their cultural influence to other nations through the use of media, language, and even religion

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cultural theory

64
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encourage more people to buy more goods which will increase business profits

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transnational corporations

65
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Developing nations tend to rely on the support their stronger allies can provide, giving them more influence over political and foreign policies

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international stability

66
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former colonies find it difficult to modernize their economy

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modernization theory

67
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desire to modernize poor countries; the Marshall Plan was one of its examples

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modernization theory

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