CH 18 (+) Test

A left-wing revolutionary who overthrew the Cuban dictator, and established a pro-Soviet totalitarian government.

US president who called the Soviet Union an “evil empire”, began a military buildup, and started a new arms race.

Ended censorship of free speech and the press, and travel restrictions in Czechoslovakia and began the “Prague Spring”.

The Soviet Union’s central planning led to a complex bureaucracy that discouraged efficiency, and caused indifference.

Led the struggle against France and the US in Vietnam. Head of the Communist Party.

The idea that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall.

A phase of relaxed tensions and improved relations between two adversaries.

Argued for a policy of containment to keep communism within its existing boundaries.

US president who canceled U.S. participation in the 1980 Olympic Games because it was held in Moscow.

When two powers in conflict use substitutes instead of fighting each other directly.

When the Communist government in Germany opened its border, thousands of West Germans swarmed across the border.

Loosened government controls in the Soviet Union as part of a process called de-Stalinization.

A collection of Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts, called the Little Red Book, became a sort of bible for the Chinese Communists.

US president who sent troops to South Vietnam to keep the Communist regime of North Vietnam from gaining control.

Preached the need for radical reforms in Russia, based on perestroika and glasnost.

Formed by Western powers to provide mutual help if any one of them was attacked.

Leader of Yugoslavia who refused to give into Stalin’s demands, and kept it from ever becoming a Soviet Satellite state.

Led a nationalist government, based in southern and central China, and was supported by the United States.

Communist leader of China. Started the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.

The Soviets exploited Eastern Europe economically for their own benefit, making living conditions harsh for most people.

A restructuring of economic policy.

I will study the causes of the Cold War for tomorrow's test!

Cold War policy of holding huge arsenals of nuclear weapons to prevent war.

Reached an agreement in the Paris Peace Accords that allowed the United States to withdraw its forces from Vietnam.

Approved a CIA plan in which exiled Cuban fighters would invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs.

A country that is economically and politically dependent on another country.

To prevent the spread of communism, the Marshall Plan provided close to $13 billion to rebuild war-torn Europe.