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Ideology

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A system of beliefs

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George Marshall

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Secretary of the state for US that made the Marshall plan

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The iron curtain

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A definite split between east and west Europe

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Containment

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Means no military action would take place on pre existing communist territory
If communism spreads they’ll shut it down

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Truman doctrine

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The policy of containment the US adopted after soviets didn’t trust no one

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The Marshall plan

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A plan that offered extensive economic aid to all nations of Europe.

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The NATO alliance

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A military alliance made for resources trade and treaties

US Canada

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The Warsaw Pact

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The USSR created this because they saw NATO as a threat.

It linked USSR to east Germany and other Europe countries

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The Berlin airlift

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The division of Berlin into four pieces, France, Great Britain, US, and Russia

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March 6th 1953

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Stalins death

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Head of communist party who then controlled whole government and introduced de stalinization

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De-stalinization

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One of khrushchevs goals that was to forget Stalin and move forward with no thought of political terror

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West Germany

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US controlled area and was democratic

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East Germany

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Soviet controlled territory that was communist

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Summit meeting

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Meetings proposed by Khruschev where leaders would discuss peace

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Dwight Eisenhower

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President of states during Cold War that oissed off Khrushchev

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Détente

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A lessening of tensions, or an attempt by nations to work together for peace

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John F Kennedy

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US president who the soviets liked

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Berlin Wall

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A fortified wall splitting west and east Berlin that stabilized tension in the city

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The bay of pigs

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Was a failed military invasion of Cuba by the CIA

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Guerrilla warfare

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Harassing an enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines

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French Indochina

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Group of French colonial territories in Southeast Asia

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Ho Chi Minh

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Vietnam leader who was a communist guerrilla and drives out Japanese

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Yalta Conference

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Meeting between Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt to discuss the fate of German reich

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Vietminh league

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The strongest independence league in northern Vietnam

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Domino theory

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A cornerstone of US foreign policy during the Cold War

If one falls the rest will too

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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Dictator of Vietnam

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The viet cong

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Communist guerrillas in Vietnam who were taking land

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Lyndon Johnson

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President of states who deployed more troops to Vietnam

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Mujaheddin

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One engaged in jihad or guerilla type outift

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Islam

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Religion Means surrender to god

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Muslim

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Means surrendering ones and are the people that follow Islam

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Fundamentalist

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Was obedience to the basic laws of that religion

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Jihad

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The struggle for religious purity

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Gulf states

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Seven Arab states which border the Persian gulf

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OPEC

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Organization of petroleum exporting countries

This group worked to monitor production and ensure that oil-producing nations received fair prices

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Jahiliyya

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Ignorant pre Islamic societies

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Qutb

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Egyptian scholar fundamentalist

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Ayatollah

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Conservative Muslim leaders who ruled in strict order with the Koran

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Osama Bin Laden

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Founder of al quaeda

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