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Unit 6 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Containment

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US policy of attempting to restrict soviet power

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Cold war

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Conflict between 2 “superheros”

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Berlin wall

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Wall that seperated west berlin from east berlin

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Domino effect

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The belief that if vietman fell to the communists, the rest of Asia would fall like a row of dominoes

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Iron curtain

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Ideological barrier that divided eastern and western europe

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Communism

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An economic system developed by karl marx

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Cultural revolution

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A period of revolutionary upheaval and political persecution in china from 1966 to 1976

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Korean war

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The us and other un contries intervented and forced communist back

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Vietman war

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War between communist n. Vietman and us supported S. vietman

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Great Leap Forward

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Mao Zedongs program to reduce enough food for the country

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Mao Zedong

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Marxist leader of communist revolution in china

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Apartheid

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System of racial separation in south africa

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Nelson mandela

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Leader imprisioned for speaking out against apartheid. He was sounth africas first black president

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Mohandas Gandhi

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Leader who achieved idian independence

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Passive resistance

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Gandhis hindu belifs influnced the use of non violent resistance

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Decolonization

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Process of dismantling of European empires after WWII

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NATO

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Mutual defense pact formed by Western nations in 1949

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Cuban missile crisis

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1962, the Soviet Union started a policy to place nuclear weapons in cuba

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Glasnot

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Encourage soviet citizens to voice new ideas and suggest ways to improve society

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Perestroika

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Restructuring intended to make the soviet economy more efficient and productive

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Khmer rouge

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Communist movement in cambodia that took power in 1975

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Partition

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Divide a region into separate political units

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Warsaw pact

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Created as a responce to NATO, this was an allience among the soviet bloc nations, binding members into a policy of common defense

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Globalization

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Creation of a global economy and societ through improved communications, transportation and trade

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Terrorism

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The use of acts of violence against innocent civilians

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September 11, 2001

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Al-Qaeda terrorists, hacked commercial airliners and crashed them into the pentagon and world trade center

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