| A | B |
|---|
| nuclear annihilation | to completely destroy something with nuclear power |
| great leap forward | a five year economic plan |
| commune | up to 30,000 people live and work together |
| cultural revolution | an effort to rid China of communist opposition |
| Red Guard | revolutionary groups made up mostly of young people |
| four modernizations | new policies in industry, culture, science, and technology & defense |
| domino theory | if Vietnam fell to the communists, then other countries would fall |
| Geneva accords | divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel into communist and north communist goverment |
| blockade | to close off |
| refugee | a person who flees to another country to escape persecution |
