Cold war flashcards
Proxy Wars
Indirect wars; never led to direct military engagement
Communist
Dictator ruler/only 1 ruler; cares little about human rights
Democracy
Values human rights or freedom/capitalist economic system, free elections, & competing political parties
Truman Doctrine
The United States helped nations that were threatened by communism
Reparations
To pay huge amounts of money for a wrong action
Marshall Plan
This plan gave food and other aid to European countries to help them recover from the war
Berlin Wall
Divides west and east Germany to stop people from fleeing western Germany
Containment
Blocked the Soviets from spreading communism
Berlin airlift
U.S and British planes airlift 1.5 million tons of supplies to the residents of west berlin
Warshaw pact
The Soviets and countries of eastern Europe made a promise to defend any member that was attacked
NATO
A military alliance that also promised to defend each other that the U.S was part of
Brinkmanship
Both the U.S and the Soviets were willing to go to the brink, or edge, of war.
Sputnik
Worlds first human-made satellite launched by the Soviet Union
Arms Race
Both the U.S and the Soviet Union produced more and more nuclear weapons and developed ways to deliver them
Domino Theory
If one nation turned to communism it will spread and other nations will turn to communism too
Iron Curtain
Along the western border, communist governments were placed in certain lands
Totalitarianism
The Soviet Union took control of all aspects of both public and private life
Capitalism
An economic system in which money is invested with the goal of making more money
Space Race
The U.S began spending huge amounts of money to improve science education
What does N.A.T.O stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union?
Stalin
Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?
What signaled the end of the cold war was when the Berlin wall was torn down
A system where the government owns the factories and other natural resources AND controls the production of goods is known as _____________________.
Communism
The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of TWO global superpowers. What were those TWO superpowers?
The U.S and the Soviet Union
Type of government where the government owns everything and makes all the decisions.
Totalitarianism
