Week 29 Vocabulary SS7H3de Korean and Vietnam Wars

line of latitude that separated North and South Korea

• 38th parallel

• equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Prime Meridian

a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities.

• domino theory

• 38th parallel

• commune

• domino theory

a U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances

• commune

• containment

• Great Leap Forward

• Cultural Revolution

a movement launched by Mao Zedong to restore “culture” and the true spirit of Communism in China

• domino theory

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• Cultural Revolution

the war between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States

• Vietnam War

• Red Guards

• Tiananmen Square Massacre

• Great Leap Forward

beliefs, customs, and traditions (including food, language, clothing, tools, music, arts, and religion) of a specific group of people

• containment

• culture

• stalemate

• Vietcong

Communist supporters in South Vietnam, mostly poor farmers who believed Communism would give them a better life

• domino theory

• Mao Zedong

• Red Guards

• Vietcong

a theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control

• 38th parallel

• domino theory

• Great Leap Forward

• Vietnam War

after a series of protests and demonstrations against communism, in 1989 in China, hundreds of civilians refused to leave Tiananmen Square resulting in hundreds of people being killed by military soldiers and tanks

• Cultural Revolution

• Korean War

• Red Guards

• Tiananmen Square Massacre

an economic plan based on the Communist idea that every citizen should work for the good of the community and the country, developed under the leadership of Mao Zedong

• Great Leap Forward

• Cultural Revolution

• domino theory

• stalemate