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Pd 2 Cold War 2526
Flashcards for Period 2's Cold War Projects 2025-2026
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What was the Ping Pong Diplomacy | It was a breakthrough for countries in a pingpong championship |
| What is a communist take over | Communist take over is the transition of a country's government and economy to a communist system |
| When did the ping pong tournament take place | In early 1970s |
| Where did ping pong tournament take place | In Japan |
| What is geopolitics | The study of how physical and human geography affects politics |
| What year was Patrice Lumumba assassinated | January 17th, 1961 |
| How did it impact society | By cementing neo colonialism in Africa |
| What is neocolonialism | The indirect control over influence exerted by developed nations multinational corporations, or financial institutions |
| What is the western intervention | the use of military force by a state or group of states with the goal of ending human rights |
| What is a global Martyr | A person who suffers persecution and death, typically by choice rather than renounce their religious or deeply held beliefs |
| Stanislav Petrov | The man who saved the world from Nuclear Armageddon |
| Nuclear Armageddon | The destruction of mankind caused by nuclear weapons |
| Moscow | Capitol of the USSR |
| Serpukhov-15 | Command Center near Moscow where the missiles were detected |
| Superior | A person or group of people that have a higher rank or status than you in a military or faction |
| The Beatles | An English Rock that formed in the 1960s |
| “Back in the USSR” | A song made by The Beatles in 1968 |
| Stereotypes | A widely viewed image of someone or something |
| Classical Rock | Genre of The Beatles music |
| Paranoia | The feeling of distrust or suspicion that someone or something is |
| conspiring against you to cause harm or manipulation | |
| Yalta and Potsdam | Conferences defining the head of governments (USA, USSR, UK) had to discuss post-WW2 |
| 1961-1989 | Berlin wall did not prevent the flood of the refugees From east to west |
| Capitalism | based on a private ownership of the means of production and on individual economic freedom |
| Communism | Far left political party advocating class war and leading to each |
| person working and is paid according to their abilities and need | |
| ideology | A set of connected beliefs that people use as a guide for their way of living |
| 1946 | an iron curtain fell across Europe behind which all territory led to control the soviet union |
| Iron curtain | Physical barrier that divided Europe from the end of WW2 until the end of the Cold War |
| United States and The USSR | Gave a start to the cold war |
| Superior Military | Promoted wars over the spread of communism and a build up of nuclear arms |
| Armaments | Military weapons and equipment |
| Communist | A person who supports or believes that all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs |
| Partition | The action or state of dividing or being divided into parts |
| Military aid program | The transfer of defense services from one government to another, aiming to strengthen the other government's military capabilities |
| Military Tension | A state of heightened political and and strategic unease between nations or groups, characterized by an increased risk of armed conflict |
| Kim Il-sung | The leader of North Korea during the Korean War |
| Brainwash | Make someone believe something crazy by using forcible pressure |
| 38th Parallel | The 38th parallel is the line of latitude ,38 degrees north that acted as the pre-war border between North and South Korea established in 1945 to divide the peninsula into Soviet and American occupation zones after the surrender of Japan |
| Ideological | Relating to a system of ideas, especially concerning economic or political theory and policy |
| Fractured | Split, broken, divided, and unable to function |
| Hollywood Ten | A group of writers,directors accused of communist infiltration in the film industry |
| HUAC | alleged communist infiltration in the film industry |
| Waldorf Statement | studio executives promising to fire the Hollywood Ten |
| Fifth Amendment Communists | A term for witnesses who pleaded the fifth amendment |
| Clearance | black listed individuals had to prove their anti loyalty |
| People's Communes | Large, rural, self-sufficient collectives |
| Backyard furnaces | Small, inefficient furnaces constructed in villages and neighborhoods to melt down iron and steel |
| Mass Mobilization | The use of massive labor forces for large-scale infrastructure |
| Collectivisation of Agriculture | The forced, centralized control of farming, resource allocation, and food distribution |
| Four pest campaign (eliminate sparrows) | a campaign to kill off sparrows but disrupted the ecosystem and caused locust populations to explode |
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