Chapter 30 Cold War Vocabulary- To Be Used With The Worksheet From Students Of History With The Same Name.

Organization of independent states formed by the Allies of WW II in 1945 to promote international peace and security

France, Great Britain, US, USSR and China

Economic system of the US

Economic system of the USSR

Political system of the US

Political system of the USSR

The power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II due to nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction

The US and the USSR built this up in case there was a war between them

US President at the beginning of the Cold War

Dictator of the USSR at the beginning of the Cold War

Portion of Europe the Soviet army occupied after WW II

Portion of Europe the Allies occupied after WW II

This agreement established a framework that divided Europe into Spheres of Influence (North and East)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Cold War military alliance (USA + Western Europe vs. USSR).

Eastern European states under the control of the Soviet Union during the Cold War

Winston Churchill called the division between the east and the west of Europe by this name

A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)

1947 - Stated that the U.S. would support any nation threatened by Communism.

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

The US theory that stated, if one country would fall to Communism then they all would.

Controlled the western part of Germany after WW II

Controlled the eastern part of Germany after WW II

Type of government in East Germany after WW II

Capital of Germany

The blocking off of a city or port so they can't get needed supplies

Rrogram in which U.S. and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during the Soviet blockade

Barrier set up in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin to stop people in the east from escaping to the west.

Involved in a civil war before the outbreak of WW II

Led nationalist forces the the Chinese civil war

Led the communist forces during the Chinese civil war

Established the Peopl'e Reupblic of China

Established Taiwan

Year the Berlin Wall was torn down by protesters

The US recognized this leader's regime as the rightful government of China

Parallel at which North and South Korea are divided

Type of government in North Korea

Type of government in South Korea

The country that assisted the North Koreans during the Korean War

The country that assisted the South Kroeans during the Korean War

European imperial power in Vietnam before a civil war broke out to establish communism

Led the communists (Vietcong) in Vietnam

Entered the Vietnam war to contain the spread of communism

Winners of the Vietnam War

Communist island nation close to the US that allowed the Soviet leader Khrushchev to place nuclear weapons pointed at the United States in the 1960's

The confrontation beteen the US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba.

Acronym for Mutually Assured Destruction

the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)

The decade in which Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev and US President Richard Nixon negioated a reduction of tensions between their countries

The Soviet premier who started two programs to reform communism

Term popularized by Mikhail Gorbachev that means transparency and was behind policies to improve social problems in the USSR

An economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union to move it toward a free market system

The Soviet Union endured an economic collapse in 1991 when the _________________ republics of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia broke away.

Russain President who organized Russia into an independent republic and ended the 46 years of Cold War Tension

North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed to create a

Eastern Europe was under the ________________ Sphere

Created by the Soviets in response to NATO

Nations under the Soviet umbrella were known as this type of state

When the Soviets cut off West Berlin from the Allies supply line in 1948-49

Dividing line between North and South Korea

Type of government in North Korea

Vietnemese communists led by Ho Chi Minh

A stand-off between the US and the Soviets brought by the threat of nuclear weapons when Cuba allowed the Soviet leader Khrushchnuclearv to place nuclear weapons pointed at the US on the island

Year of the Cuban Missle Crisis

a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems

A policy of government and economic reform in the Soviet ​Union in the mid-1980s

The year in which the 15 states of the Soviet Union began to break away

President of the Russain independent republic