ARSHVEER MATTU

SUPERPOWER

• A much more powerful state than the weak states around it.

UNITED NATIONS

• A organization made in 1945 to promote world peace and,
• make sure that war doesn't happen,

IRON CURTAIN

• The term referred to the barrier that separated,
• Eastern and Western Europe.

CONTAINMENT

• U.S. policy that attempted to stop Soviet Union from,
• spreading by stopping the spread of communism.

MARSHALL PLAN

• U.S. Plan to help Europe recover economically after WW2.

NATO

• A pact formed by many Western nations n 1949 that was,
• dedicated to mutual defense.

WARSAW PACT

• A defense pact between USSR and Eastern European countries,
• signed in 1955.

ARMS RACE

• Competiton of two or more superpowers,
• to become the better weaponized country.

CULTURAL REVOLUTION

• A period of revolutions and persecutions in China

KOREA WAR

• War between North (Communist),
• South Korea (Non-Communist) which caused each country,
• To get support from rival countries.

VIET CONG

• Communist people trying to spread communism in,
• South Vietnam.

VIETNAM WAR

• War between North and South Vietnam.

DOMINO THEORY

• The idea that if Vietnam became communist,
• the remaining countries will become communist one after
• another.

COVERT ACTION

• A goverment operation designed to support,
• A foriegn policy.

DÉTENTE

• Cold war tensions cooling down in 1970

DETERRENCE

• Building the most deadly weapons arsenal so,
• no one will attack.

QUESTION

• The Cold War changed the world by cauing lives lost.
• It caused multiple wars.
• It caused many countries to build their weapons arsenal.
• It caused many countries to switch to communism.
• Finally, it caused the Soviet Union to collapse.