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• Political war not fought in battles

on land but through one-upping
each other.

Cold War
392

• Space Race! • NATO/Warsaw pact. Both

communist and democratic
countries created their own
loyalty pacts

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• Idea that communism should be

contained so it doesn’t spread
from the USSR.

containment
393

• Containing a virus • The iron curtain which was the

political divide.

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• USA plan to restore power in

Europe and stop communism by
strengthening Europe.

Marshall Plan
394

• Giving power to somebody to • Berlin Airlift was part of this

stop a common enemy plan

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• Team up of a bunch of
democratic nations against
communism to maintain peace.

NATO
394

• Superhero teamup? • Opposite of the Warsaw pact.

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• Similar to NATO but the

communist side.

Warsaw Pact
394

• Supervillain teamup? • NATO but the opposite.

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• Wall built between the

European/US controlled Berlin
and the communist/USSR side.

Berlin Wall
395

• Literally a fence…but like • Warsaw pact since the USSR

concrete….and very tall. blocked train lines to Berlin.

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• Stands for Mutual assured

destruction because each side
had enough nukes to end
humanity 10 times over.

MAD
396

• Fight where no one wants to • Arms race.

start the fight because they
know everyone else is at steak.

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• Mini wars fought on behalf of a

state without much state
involvement.

Proxy wars
Described on 397

• USSR taking over smaller • Arms Race

countries and turning them
communist.

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• Chinese movement to turn the

country communist in light of
the USSR’s victories.

Great Leap
Forward
410
• USSR influence. • Containment and how it failed a
lot.

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• Collection of statements and

speeches made by the founder
of communism in China, Mao
Tse-tung.

Little Red Book

410

• Communist manifesto but • Propaganda.

Chinese version

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• Stated goal in China to get rid of

capitalism and fully embrace
communism.

Cultural
Revolution
410
• When other countries switch • Little Red Book
gears and change their political
and economic standards.

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• Formed the boarder between

North and South Korea during
the Korean War.

38th parallel
412

• Equator! • Korean War.

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• Vietnamese prime minister and

revolutionary

Ho Chi Minh
414

• Vietnam war. • Saigon because it was renamed

to Ho Chi Minh City to honor
Ho Chi Minh while also
forgetting the tragedy in that
town during the Vietnam war.

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• Theory that as more countries

become communist, then more
will join in a domino effect

Domino theory
415

• Dominos pizza got worse they • Containment because the USA

aint the same :( thought it was important to
prevent the domino effect.

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• Group of over 120 countries that

aren’t either communist or non-
communist.

nonalignment
435

• Neutral countries. • Domino theory since the USA

was scared these countries
“might” turn communist.

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• Massive genocide in the middle

east due to government idea
differences that resulted in over
300,000 dead.

Darfur
445

• Holocaust • Genocide because it’s the killing

of people for power.

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• Canal that connects the

Mediterranean and the red sea.

Suez Canal
450

• That one time a boat got stuck • A river that is attached to both
the Mediterranean and red sea

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• A government run by church

officials or holy traditions.

theocracy
451

• Church vs state debate. • Communism since they are

both controversial political
systems around the same time.

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• OPEC-cordinates and unifies

petroleum policies among
Member Countries.

OPEC
452

• Oil becoming a major economic • NATO since it’s a similar

need. organization but focused on oil
trade.

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• Accords made to make peace

between the new-ish nation of
Isreal and the already
established Arab and Palestinian
countries.
Oslo Peace
Accords
456
• Proxy wars • Proxy wars because many mini,
state sponsored battles were
fought.

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• A domesticated animal
descended from an ancient,
extinct wolf … the first species
domesticated by humans

dog
• A shiba inu, an Anatolian • Dog is related to wolf, since the
shepherd, a Shitzhu both evolved from the same
ancestors

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