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26 Cards in this Set
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Afghan war |
started when the U.S invaded Afghan in 2001 |
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Berlin Wall |
built by communist east Germany to keep the west out. a symbol of the cold war |
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capitalism |
a form of government in which economic decisions are based on the market |
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command economy |
an economy in which production, intrest, prices, and imcome are based on the govt. |
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communism |
totalitarian (dictatorship) |
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cuban revolution |
communist revolution led by Fidel Castro. they overthrew Batista and took over cuba |
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democracy |
a form of government in which all decisions are made by the people |
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eastern Europe in the 50s 60s and 80s |
Berlin wall is erected, North Korea invades South Korea |
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Fidel Casttro |
Communist revolutionary who siezed power in the Cuban revolution and stayed in power untill his death |
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Glasnost |
the soviet polocy of open disscution of social and political issues |
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Gorbachev |
The eight and final leader of the Soviet union |
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Ho Chi Min |
a vietnamese communist revolutionary in power during the Vietnam War |
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Iron Curtain |
a phrase reffering to the lack of communication between west and east Europe |
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Korean War |
Caused when North Korea Invaded South Korea, the U.N intervined and ended this in a few years |
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Market economy |
a form of economy in which prices of goods and services are based on supply and demand |
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Marxism |
the basis of communism formed by Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels |
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NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Orginization is a multi national military force who intervines in various wars. |
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Nonalignment |
when a country doesnt take either side in a war between two countries. remains neutral but is friends with both nations |
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perestroika |
a political reform in the Soviet union put in place by Gorbachev |
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Role of the US and SU in the world during the Cold War |
either nation wouldnt communicate with the other and were on the brink of war but neither side started it |
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satellite nations |
nations who were associated but not connected to the Soviet Union |
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Soviet Union (fall of and Post Cold War) |
Slowly fell apart and decayed |
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united nations |
an intergovernmental orginization formed to promote international peace and cooperation |
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vietnam war |
The U.S went into Vietnam in place of France in order to spread democracy and end Communism |
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Warsaw pact |
a collective treaty among the Soviet union |
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Yeltsin |
first president of the Russian Federation |
