Cold War and Decolonization - Unit 3 - Vocabulary Flashcards
Cold War
a war fought by the capitalist (Americans and some European countries) fighting against communist party (Russia)
Decolonization
When countries that were colonized made movements or started wars by independence
Communism
economic system in which the government controls all aspect of the economy making all economic decisions - goal is equality
Capitalism
economic system, in which individuals make all the economic choices
Berlin Wall
a wall that separated west and east berlin and soviet union (kept the soviets in like a prison)
United Nations
a group of nations who basically had an alliance that was about going into war, and if countries attack one country the other main countries (brittan, France, US, Russia and China) would help attack as well.
Mohandas Gandhi
one of the leaders of the independence for India. He was peaceful and wanted to avoid war.
Munhammad Ali Jinnah
Leader of the idea for separate homeland for muslims and hindus
Amritsar Massacre
a conflict where people gathered and British openly defended killing thousands of citizens creating a massacre.
Salt March
a long march in order to produce homemade salt as a result of not supporting british government economically
Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
acts to rebellion without violence such as boycott
Partition
the speeding up process of transferring power in 10 months by India
Mao Zedong
dictator of china who introduced communism for china
Deng Xiaoping
a revolutionary leader in china whom controlled military men and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the republic of china
Chinese Civil War
conflict between communism in china trying to avoid communism
Great Leap Forward
Mao Zedong launched a campaign to encourage china as a communist republic
Red Guard
China’s younger people were urged to revive the revolution which had the goal to make everyone equal.
Cultural Revolution
a moment to purge the communist party
Patrice Lumumba
prime minister of the congo, who advocated independence for the Congo
National Congolese Movement
A very popular political party that wasn’t based on regional or ethnic identities in the Congo that demanded independence from Britain.
Joseph Kasavubu
the first president of the congo
Joseph Mobutu
took over presidency after Kasavubu surrendered, and tried to turn the congo economy into a communist
Salvador Allende
Former president of Chile, who had to surrender
Augusto Pinochet
president of chile, after he overthrew Allende to surrender
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
agency that analyzed the importance during the cold war between countries
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union and Russian Politician
Leonid Brezhnev
General secretary of the communist party
Glasnost
A policy of openness
Perestroika
restoring economic and political systems in the Soviet Union
Velvet Revolution
The transition of power to Czechoslovakia
