Modern World History

Independence movements in colonial territories were often led by

• Educated Elites

• Peasants

• Communists

• Immigrants

Organization created for mutual defense against potential Soviet aggression

• NATO

• OPEC

• League of Nations

• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Reason U.S. and Soviet Union may have preferred proxy wars

• To avoid direct military conflict and nuclear exchange

• To maintain control over former colonies

• To acquire natural resources by forcing states to favor U.S. or Soviet companies

• To buy time for more weapons research

U.S. philosophy of limiting the geographic spread of Communism during the Cold War

• Containment

• Oppression

• Radiation

• Real Politik

Organization created in response to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Warsaw Pact

• Central Powers

• The Syndicate

• European Union

Communist dictator and leader of the early Soviet Union

• Josef Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Abe Lincoln

• Abe Vigoda

Major cause of independence movements in the the 20th C.

• Development of nationalism among colonial peoples

• Rising economic freedom in the colonies

• Environmental conservation movements in the colonies

• Religious and cultural divisions in the colonies

Leader of communist China and architect of the "Great Leap Forward"

• Mao Zedong

• Augusto Pinochet

• Franz Ferdinand

• Jackie Chan

Primary similarity between the economic approaches of China and the Soviet Union

• Direct command of the economy to speed the process of industrialization

• Building support by slowing the pace of industrialization

• Creating very large dams to harness electricity

• Allowing workers to plan their nation's economy

Economic system which allows private property and encourage entrepreneurs to start businesses

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Command Market

• Busy Business-ness