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7-5.3 Burnette
The Cold War: communism's spread, containment, and the domino theory
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Eastern Europe | refers to the eastern part of Europe dominated by the Soviet Union during the Cold War |
| Latin America | areas of the Americas where Spanish and Portuguese are spoken, includes Mexico, Central America, most of South America, and parts of the Caribbean |
| Satellite State Containment | the idea that communism should not be allowed to spread beyond the satellite states clustered around the Soviet Union |
| Domino Theory | the idea that if one nation fell to communism, then others, like falling dominos, around the world would also become communist |
| Communism | the belief that the government should be unlimited; should control the people and the economy; and should own all land, factories, and natural resources |
| Democracy | a form of government where the people are free because they get to vote and make laws or elect representatives to make laws |
| foreign policy | plans or strategies a country makes or uses with regard to other countries in order to advance or protect its own well-being |
| Containment of Communism | the U.S. policy designed to hold back or contain (stop) the spread of communism |
| Truman Doctrine | U.S. President Truman’s 1947 policy which sought to stop the spread of communism worldwide |
| Satellite states | countries controlled by a more powerful nation, often refers to Eastern European countries during the Cold War |
| revolutionaries | people who support a complete change, often with regard to government, and who are likely willing to use force to achieve their goals |
| delegate | a person put in charge of acting for or representing others |
| Chinese Civil War | internal war fought in China from 1927—1949 between Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek, and Communists led by Mao Zedong; the Communists won |
| Chinese Nationalists | Political group formed in China in 1912; they called for a democratic, modern, prosperous, and powerful China free from monarchy and external control |
| vying | competing for |
| Chinese Communists | Fought the Nationalists for control of China during the Chinese Civil War; they won; believed in state control of the people, the economy, land, factories, and natural resources |
| Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) | leader of the Communist Chinese, won the Chinese Civil War and established Communist China in 1949, ruled until his death in 1976 |
| Guerilla warfare | warfare fought by military groups who do not wear uniforms and who do not follow the normal laws of warfare |
| Chiang Kai-shek | leader of the Chinese Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War; he lost |
| People's Republic of China | Communist government of China established in 1949 |
| Korea | East Asian peninsular country between China and Japan |
| Domino effect | what might happen if one free country after another fell to communism |
| Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (commonly referred to as North Korea) | the communist, northern part of Korea; today its people have very few rights and live under great oppression |
| Republic of Korea (commonly referred to as South Korea) | the democratic, southern part of Korea; today it is very prosperous (rich) |
| Vietnam | country in Indochina formerly colonized by France, became communist in 1975-76 after the Vietnam War |
| Vietnam War | 1956-1975 war fought between communist North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union and China, and relatively free South Vietnam, supported by the U.S.; North Vietnam won |
| Laos | country in Indochina next to Vietnam |
| Cambodia | country in Indochina next to Vietnam |
| imperial rule | when a country is ruled by another stronger country which is exploiting (taking advantage of) its people, land, and natural resources |
| Angola | African country which the Soviet Union unsuccessfully tried to make communist during the Cold War |
| Mozambique | African country which the Soviet Union unsuccessfully tried to make communist during the Cold War |
| African National Congress | political group which sought civil rights and equality for black Africans in white ruled South Africa |
| Cuba | Caribbean island nation which became communist in 1959 under Fidel Castro |
| Fidel Castro | led the revolution which made Cuba communist in 1959, ruled Cuba from 1959--2008 |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | 1962 Cold War conflict during which the U.S. and the Soviet Union very nearly went to nuclear war with each other after the Soviets started to put nuclear missiles in Cuba; resolved peacefully |
| El Salvador | Central American country which communists unsuccessfully tried to take over |
| Nicaragua | central American country overtaken by the Sandinistas (a socialist group) in 1979 |
| Sandinistas | socialists who overthrew the government of Nicaragua in 1979 with help from Cuba and the Soviet Union |
| "Contras" | group which fought against the socialist Sandinistas in Nicaragua with support from the U.S.; they lost |
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