Global Final Review #3

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Two major cities that the US decided to drop atomic bombs upon, resulting in the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II.

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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A period of tensions between US and USSR characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular.

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Cold War

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European nation that got divided into 4 zones controlled by the U.S., Great Britain, France and Russia. Eventually led to an East and a West half.

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Division of Germany

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Cold War containment policy that the U.S. would support any nation threatened by communism with military grade resources.

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Truman Doctrine (1947)

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A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region

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Iron Curtain

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A 1949 defense alliance initiated by the US, Canada, and 10 Western European nations

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NATO

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A military alliance between Russia and Eastern communist countries against Western capitalist countries

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Warsaw Pact

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Coordinated effort in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin

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Berlin Airlift

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A fortified wall surrounding West Berlin, Germany, built in 1961 to prevent East German citizens from traveling to the West. Its demolition in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War.

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Berlin Wall

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an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security

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United Nations