| A | B |
| BERLIN AIRLIFT | Us response to USSR blockade of Western Berlin |
| SEATO | Alliance of US with SE Asian countries after WWII |
| WARSAW PACT | Alliance after WWII between communist nations |
| MARSHALL PLAN | financial aid offered to European nations after WWII |
| NATO | Alliance system set up between US and non-communist nations |
| NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION | the building up of nuclear weapons |
| COMMUNES | Chinese farms that were pushed together to increase agricultural production |
| GREAT LEAP FORWARD | Mao's five year plan that was suppose to push China ahead of the West in Industrialization. |
| CULTURAL REVOLUTION | Mao's purge of all the intellectuals or landowners to purify China of its enemies. |
| TOTALITARIANISM | a system of government that controls all aspects of life of its citizens. |
| COMMUNISM | a system of governemnt in which all ownership and authority belongs to the people. |
| MAO TSE TUNG | leader of the communist revolution in China. |
| CHAING KAI SHEK | leader of the nationalists in China. |
| OAS | an alliance between north america and south america |