Cold War Unit 2 Key Terms Flashcards
What was the Bay of Pigs
Site of the invasion in Cuba by the exiles, backed by President Kennedy, Failed
What is brinkmanship
Pushing disagreements to the point of the brink of war
What was Excomm
Group of US government officials that advised JFK in the CMC
What are exiles
People who have been removed from a country for political reasons
What was the limited test ban treaty
Limits the number of nuclear tests a country is allowed to do
What was the non-proliferation treaty
Stopped the spread of nuclear weapons
What was the outer space treaty
Treaty ensuring space travel was only used for non-military purposes
What was the thirteen days
The period of the CMC when the world was the closest its ever been to nuclear war
What were the Eastern bloc
Collective term for Eastern European countries in the Warsaw pact
What was the EEC
European Economic Community - Organisation established in Western Europe
What was a First Secretary
Official name of the leader of communist countries
What was socialism with a human face
The idea brought in by Dubcek which sparked the Prague Spring
What was the Berlin wall
Physical division of East and West Berlin. The symbolic centre of the Cold war
What was the Brain Drain
The movement of skilled and qualified workers
What was the Camp David Summit
Eisenhower + Khrushchev meet, Berlin Ultimatum is withdrawn
What was the Geneva Summit
1st Meeting between Eisenhower and Khrushchev - no agreements made
What was the Paris summit
Tense meeting in 1960 following U-2 incident - leaders clashed and walked out
What was the U-2 crisis
The US plane that was shot down trying to spy on Soviet missile production
What was the Vienna summit
1st meeting between Kennedy and Khrushchev - Ultimatum renewed
