| A | B |
|---|
| United Nations | World Organization formed to prevent war |
| Iron Curtain | Division between Eastern & Western Europe during the Cold War |
| Containment | Policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism |
| Truman Doctrine | Policy of giving aid to countries threatened by communism |
| Marshall Plan | Plan to give aid to European countries to help them recover |
| Cold War | State of tension & mistrust between the United States & the Soviet Union |
| NATO | Military alliance including the United States, Canada & Western Europe |
| Brinkmanship | Willingness on the part of the superpowers to go to the edge of war |
| Mao Zedong | Communist leader who defeated the Nationalists & led the People’s Republic of China |
| Jiang Jieshi (aka Chiang Kai-Shek) | Nationalist leader who set up a new government on Taiwan |
| Commune | Large farm setup in China in which many families work the land & live together |
| Cultural Revolution | Uprising in China between 1966 & 1976 that aimed to establish a society of peasants & workers in which all were equal |
| 38th Parallel | Line that separated North Korea & South Korea |
| Douglas MacArthur | Leader of United Nations forces during the Korean War |
| Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese nationalist who drove the French out of Vietnam & led North Vietnam |
| Domino Theory | Theory that nations were like a row of dominoes, if one fell to communism, others would fall too |
| Vietcong | Communist rebels in South Vietnam who were supported by North Vietnam |
| Third World | Developing nations in Africa, Asia & Latin America |
| Fidel Castro | Communist leader of Cuba |
| Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini | Muslim leader who overthrew the Shah of Iran |
| Nikita Krushchev | Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Soviet Leader after Kruschev |
| John F. Kennedy | President of the U.S. from 1961 to 1963 |
| Lyndon Johnson | President of the U.S. from 1963 to 1969 |
| Detente | Policy to decrease tensions between the superpowers |
| SALT | Talks to limit nuclear arms in the United States & the Soviet Union |
| Ronald Reagan | President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 |
