Ch 17 Flashcards
What does “Behind the iron curtain” mean?
The Iron Curtain was the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact countries from the NATO countries from about 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. Countries connected to the Soviet Union were said to be ‘behind the Iron Curtain’.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
President Truman’s support that rejected communism.
NATO was…
… a defensive military alliance between the US, Canada, and ten other European nations.
Stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Spurred creation of the Soviet’s Warsaw Pact
What was the United Nation?
International organization was intended to protect the members against aggression; based in New York
China’s Nationalist group was mostly in…? Led by?
China’s Communist group was mostly in…? Led by…?
- Taiwan, Led by Jiang Jieshi (Nationalist China)
2. Mainland China, Led by Mao Zedong (People’s Republic of China)
What was the Cultural Revolution? It’s effects?
Established by Red Guards in China which wanted to create a society of peasants and workers in which all were workers.
- Shut down of colleges and schools
- Forced intellectuals do hard labor in villages to “purify” themselves.
- Rejected artistic and intellectual activity
Domino theory was…
… a term used by President Eisenhower to describe the threat of the defeat of France in Vietnam, causing a possible rising threat in Asia.
Says that the fall of only one Asian country to communism would lead to the fall of its neighbors
JUSTIFIED US Foreign Policy during Cold War
Third world countries are…
… developing nations, often newly independent, who were not aligned with any superpower during the Cold War
Who was Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeni?
The leader of religious opposition against the US aiding Tehran to develop while millions of Iranians were in poverty and opposed Western influences.
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