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WHZ Chapter 18 The Cold War
WHZ Chapter 18 Test Review
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9th Grade
04/20/2009

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Khmer Rouge
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committed genocide in Cambodia
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Capitalism
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China accelerated this after the Soviet Union split up
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Western Europe
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The European Coal and Steel Community eliminated tariffs which spurred economic growth here
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Afghanistan
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The Soviet Union's "Vietnam"
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Pusan
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Where the United Nations forces stopped the North Koreans in the summer of 1950
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Suburbanization
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The movement of Americans from cities to communities outside an urban core
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East German
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This government banned Gorbachev's Soviet publications
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Czechoslovakia
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Divided in 1992 because they were separate ethnic groups with their own language and traditions
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Tet Offensive
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Turned American public opinion against the Vietnam War
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Warsaw Pact
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Alliance that was dedicated to the security of communist nations in Europe
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China
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This country provided North Korea with troops
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Zedong
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created agricultural communes to make agriculture more efficient
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Japan
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Formed a parliamentary democracy after WW II
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SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
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To limit the number of nuclear weapons held by the superpowers
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American
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Strategy under detente was to restrain the soviets through diplomatic
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Vietcong
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Their main goal was to overthrow South Vietnam's government
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Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
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Seen as a particular threat to the balance of terror during the SALT talks
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Perestroika
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During this, shortages grew worse and prices soared
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Castro
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Led the Cuban Revolution in 1959
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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American supported ruler of South Vietnam
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Welfare State
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Brought on high taxes and greater government regulation
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Khrushchev
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The Soviet leader after Stalin
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Domino Theory
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Belief that one Communist victory would lead to many others
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Red Scare
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The fear of communists in the US
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Super Powers
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Nations that are stronger than other powerful nations
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Ho Chi Minh
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Communist ruler of North Vietnam
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Cold War
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This was very terrifying because weapons were more powerful than ever before
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Cuban
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A result of this revolution was in Cuba there is no political freedom or freedom of expression
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Detente
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Relaxation of tensions
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962
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Zedong
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He led the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution
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Marshall
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This plan provided assistance to war-torn European nations
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King
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He wanted to extend equal rights to all Americans
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Taiwan
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This is where the defeated Chinese Nationalists went
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