WH:Unit 6 Vocab

Cold War

• Conflict between the two “Superpowers” with competing economic and political systems. The U.S. and Soviet Union never directly engaged each other in open warfare
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  U.S. policy of attempting to restrict Soviet power and influence around the world by preventing the spread of communism
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  a physical barrier that separated West Berlin from East Berlin and the rest of East Germany in an attempt to isolate the area
• The belief that if Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Asia would fall like a row of dominoes

Domino Effect

• Conflict between the two “Superpowers” with competing economic and political systems. The U.S. and Soviet Union never directly engaged each other in open warfare
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  U.S. policy of attempting to restrict Soviet power and influence around the world by preventing the spread of communism
• 
  a physical barrier that separated West Berlin from East Berlin and the rest of East Germany in an attempt to isolate the area
• The belief that if Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Asia would fall like a row of dominoes

Berlin Wall

• Conflict between the two “Superpowers” with competing economic and political systems. The U.S. and Soviet Union never directly engaged each other in open warfare
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  U.S. policy of attempting to restrict Soviet power and influence around the world by preventing the spread of communism
• 
  a physical barrier that separated West Berlin from East Berlin and the rest of East Germany in an attempt to isolate the area
• The belief that if Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Asia would fall like a row of dominoes

Containment

• Conflict between the two “Superpowers” with competing economic and political systems. The U.S. and Soviet Union never directly engaged each other in open warfare
• 
  U.S. policy of attempting to restrict Soviet power and influence around the world by preventing the spread of communism
• 
  a physical barrier that separated West Berlin from East Berlin and the rest of East Germany in an attempt to isolate the area
• The belief that if Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Asia would fall like a row of dominoes

Mao Zedong

• Communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The U.S. and other U.N. countries intervened and forced the Communists back. The armistice left Korea as it was before.
• Marxist leader of Communist Revolution in China, head of People’s Republic of China until his death in 1976.
• Mao Zedong’s program to produce enough food for the country. Mao organized the people into farming communes which was disastrous, millions died.
• War between Communist N. Vietnam and U.S. supported S. Vietnam. Began when the Viet Cong launched guerilla warfare against S. Vietnam

Great Leap Forward

• Marxist leader of Communist Revolution in China, head of People’s Republic of China until his death in 1976.
• Communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The U.S. and other U.N. countries intervened and forced the Communists back. The armistice left Korea as it was before.
• Mao Zedong’s program to produce enough food for the country. Mao organized the people into farming communes which was disastrous, millions died.
• War between Communist N. Vietnam and U.S. supported S. Vietnam. Began when the Viet Cong launched guerilla warfare against S. Vietnam

Korean War

• Mao Zedong’s program to produce enough food for the country. Mao organized the people into farming communes which was disastrous, millions died.
• Communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The U.S. and other U.N. countries intervened and forced the Communists back. The armistice left Korea as it was before.
• Marxist leader of Communist Revolution in China, head of People’s Republic of China until his death in 1976.
• War between Communist N. Vietnam and U.S. supported S. Vietnam. Began when the Viet Cong launched guerilla warfare against S. Vietnam

Vietnam War

• Marxist leader of Communist Revolution in China, head of People’s Republic of China until his death in 1976.
• Communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The U.S. and other U.N. countries intervened and forced the Communists back. The armistice left Korea as it was before.
• War between Communist N. Vietnam and U.S. supported S. Vietnam. Began when the Viet Cong launched guerilla warfare against S. Vietnam
• Mao Zedong’s program to produce enough food for the country. Mao organized the people into farming communes which was disastrous, millions died.

Cultural Revolution

• An economic system developed by Karl Marx- where ideally there is a classless society in which all means of production are owned by the people, the private sector does not exist; all goods and services are shared equally
• Ideological barrier that divided Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War
• A period of revolutionary upheaval and political persecution in China from 1966 to 1976
• System of racial separation in South Africa, designed to create a fully segregated society

Communism

• An economic system developed by Karl Marx- where ideally there is a classless society in which all means of production are owned by the people, the private sector does not exist; all goods and services are shared equally
• Ideological barrier that divided Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War
• A period of revolutionary upheaval and political persecution in China from 1966 to 1976
• System of racial separation in South Africa, designed to create a fully segregated society