Unit 8 Vocabulary Quiz

13 day period in October 1962 when Cuban missiles (backed by the Soviet Union) were pointed at the United States; nearly led to nuclear war

• Bay of Pigs

• Berlin Wall

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Arms Race

An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government. It was a failed attempt to overthrow the communist government.

• Ho Chi Minh

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Space Race

• Cuban Missile Crisis

A military alliance of communist Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite nations.

• NATO

• Berlin Blockade

• Arms Race

• Warsaw Pact

Communist dictator of Cuba who came into power in 1959; supported by the Soviet Union

• Joseph Stalin

• Fidel Castro

• Nikita Kruschev

• John F Kennedy

1950-1953 war between communist North Korea and South Korea (who was supported by America and democratic nations); ended in a stalemate at the 38th parallel

• Vietnam War

• Cold War

• Korean War

• Cuban War

political and economic system in which government owns all property and makes all economic decisions; command economy

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Democracy

• Monarchy

Chinese Communist leader from 1949 to 1976; Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution

• Mao Zedong

• Joseph Stalin

• Ho Chi Minh

• Fidel Castro

Mao's five-year plan which was an attempt to quickly modernize China in agriculture and industry

• Four Modernization

• Great Leap Forward

• Red Book

• Communism

1955-1975 war between North and South Vietnam in order to prevent South Vietnam from becoming communist. Resulted in all of Vietnam becoming a unified communist nation.

• Cuba War

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Arms Race

Policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders

• Blockade

• Containment

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO