Cold War Key Terms

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When was the Yalta Conference?

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February 1945

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When was the Potsdam Conference?

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July 1945

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What is the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?

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USSR and Germany agreed neutrality so they wouldn't attack each other again

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What's Operation Barbarossa?

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June 1941 - Hitler broke Molotov Ribbentrop Pact by starting a surprise attack on Soviet Union

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Feudalism

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Political system in which land was held by vassals in exchange for service

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Spheres of Influence

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A country where another county has power over it although has no formal authority

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Predominance

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Possession of power

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Geostrategic

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Areas that have importance to a state/the strategy of dealing with geopolitical problems

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Peasant unrest

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A member of low-class that depends on agricultural labour

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Pro-agrarian parties

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Eastern European states who had political parties that focused on representing farming communities

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Economic imperialism

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A state could use it's economic power to ensure an economically weaker state becomes dependant on it

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Isolationism

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Minimal involvement in external affairs

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Containment

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To prevent the spread of communism by aiding those states exposed to it

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Collective Security

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States cooperate with each other to reduce insecurity

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Unilateral

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Performed by one person/country without the agreement of others

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Bloc

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Group of states that have common military, economic or political interests

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Imperialism

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Extending a country's power through colonisation

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Agricultural Collectivisation

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Food and crops were grown and re-distributed by the goverment

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Sovereignty

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Recognition by the international community of a state's independence and its right to govern itself without interference

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Veto

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The right to vote against something

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Strategic planning

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Planning to establish some degree of military, political or economic control by pursuing actions which will result in one+ of these