APWH Unit 8 Vocab Review

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Metaphor for the divide between Eastern and Western Europe

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Iron Curtain

Front

Strong U.S. statement to halt communist spread

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Truman Doctrine

Front

Built in 1961, this structure prevented East Germans from fleeing to West Germany.

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Berlin Wall

Front

Group of socialist states in Central/Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Southeast Asia influenced by Soviet communism during the Cold War.

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Communist Bloc

Front

Hot wars during the Cold War in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean

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Proxy Wars

Front

Relaxation of strained relations between nations

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detente

Front

Economic policy by Gorbachev allowing free enterprise

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perestroika

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If one country in a region becomes communist, others may follow.

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domino theory

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Policy of opening up Soviet society and granting greater freedom.

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glasnost

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Leaders of Great Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union who planned for the post-WWII world

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The Big Three