Unit 6: Ideologies and the Cold War Flashcards
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expansion
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- world wide revolution
- territorial growth or extension of a country’s borders through various means like conquest, colonization, or treaties.
- often involves acquiring new territories or regions to increase influence, resources, or power.
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containment
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- During the Cold War, a strategy by the U.S. to stop the spread of communism, especially by the Soviet Union, using diplomatic, economic, and military means to prevent its expansion into other countries.
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deterrence
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- refers to the action of discouraging someone from engaging in undesirable behavior through the threat of punishment or negative consequences.
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Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)
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-the U.S. and the Soviet Union possessed enough nuclear weapons to ensure that if one side launched a nuclear attack, the other could retaliate, leading to the total annihilation of both.
- This strategy acted as a deterrent, as neither side would initiate a nuclear war knowing the devastating consequences. If you need further details or have more questions, feel free to ask!
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Spheres of influence
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- geographical area or region over which a nation, organization, or group wields significant political, economic, or cultural influence. often without direct territorial control.
- for example, both the United States and the Soviet Union sought to expand their spheres of influence by supporting friendly governments, influencing international organizations, and engaging in proxy wars in various regions around the world.
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holocaust
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- persecution and genocide of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators during World War II.
- millions of innocent people were targeted and killed in concentration camps, marking one of the darkest chapters of human history.
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creation of israel
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- created as prt of Balfour Declaration to create Jewish homeland
- Palestinians resisted, did not want to let other people take over their land
- War between Israel and Arab
- Most arabs were expelled from that area
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berkin blockade
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- Soviet Union / Stalin denies international access to Berlin Germany
- divided into east and west
- berlin airlift- French, Britain, America flied supplies to west berlin
- stalin did not want war so took out the blockade
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what did stalin do after other countries supplied germany with resources. why
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- took out the blockages
- to avoid war
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universal declaration of human rights
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- declared by the UN in Paris
- achievement for all people
- protection of human rights
- freedom movement
- social, economic, cultural rights
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soviet nuclear weapons
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- USSR develops nuclear capacity and tests the weapon
- then US tested their own weapons
- Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) = both made weapons incase the other releases
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chinese revolution
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- communists led by Mai Zedong secured control of mainland China
- Kuomintang flees to Taiwan
- china develops nuclear weapon with Soviet assistance
- restore china’s “century of shame”
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proxy war
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- conflict in which one superpower provides support to a group or state to go against their enemies supported groups
- Soviet and USA supported other countries to have war instead of directly having it themselves
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non-alignment movement (NAM)
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- the position taken during the Cold War by the countries in the UN that did not form alliance with either US or Soviet
- help develop the world
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liberation movement
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- military and political struggles of people for independence from countries that have colonized or otherwise repressed them
