History Questions

people (or countries) who are not aligned/allied with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty

An economic system in which the government controls a country's economy, commonly associated with communism/communism states

of or concerning the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations through discussion

war between Afghanistan and USSR. Afghanistan wins with the help of the US. Big defeat for the USSR.

A policy of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev which called for more openness with the nations of West, and a relaxing of restraints on Soviet citizenry.

an international crisis in October 1962, the closest approach to nuclear war at any time between the U.S. and the USSR. When the U.S. discovered Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba, President John F. Kennedy demanded their removal and announced a naval blockade of the island; the Soviet leader Khrushchev acceded to the U.S. demands a week later.

relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China

The four-year period saw the deaths of approximately two million Cambodians through the combined result of political executions, starvation, and forced labour Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge.

The ideological struggle between communism (Soviet Union) and capitalism (United States) for world influence.

Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in eastern Europe.

A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

The part of the capital city of Berlin that was under control of the Americans, Brits and French after World War II.

Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict ( strategy used to avoid WWII - unsuccessfully)

A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.

communist party in Cambodia that imposed a reign of terror on Cambodian citizens

A doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two opposing sides would effectively result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender.

A policy set forth by U.S. President Harry S Truman stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere.

The part of the capital city of Berlin that was under control of the Soviet Union World War II.

Soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy.

The Soviet Union, under Nikita Khrushchev, erected a wall between East and West Berlin to keep people from fleeing from the East.