Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Cold War |
A state of political tension between 2 goverments that stops before a full scale assault |
|
|
Communism |
A economic system made by collective ownership of property by the goverment |
|
|
Capitalism |
A economic system made by making owneship of establisments for the good of the people |
|
|
Iron curtain |
idological barrier between russia and europe |
|
|
truman doctrine |
the provision of president by president Harry truman to aid greece and turkey against communism |
|
|
COMECON |
A convention of soviet oriented communist countries |
|
|
COMINFORM |
Short for communist information bureau |
|
|
NATO |
A treaty made by several countries in order to achieve peace |
|
|
Marshall plan |
A program by the us goverment to help Europe after WW2 |
|
|
Warsaw pack |
A military treaty like Nato but for soviet countries |
|
|
potsdam conference |
A conference for the administration of poland and germany |
|
|
Detente |
a policy toward a rival nation characterized by increase in diplomatic commercialization |
|
|
Berlin Blockade |
a blockade made by the soviet union to separate east germany form europe |
|
|
Space race |
A race to space by the russia and the usa |
|
|
Korean war |
A war between north korea and south korea |
|
|
Vietnam war |
A war between north and south vietnam beacuse of capitalism and communism |
|
|
Viet cong |
the north part of vietnam |
|
|
cold war in latin america |
cuban revolution and IATRA |
|
|
Glasnot |
soviet policy in the 1980 |
