AP World History Ch 31 WBZ Flashcards
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61360507 | NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries | 0 | |
61360508 | UN | an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security | 1 | |
61360509 | World Bank | a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments | 2 | |
61360510 | Marshall Plan | A plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe. This plan offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe. | 3 | |
61360511 | European Community | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members | 4 | |
61360512 | Truman Doctrine | President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology | 5 | |
61360513 | Warsaw Pact | treaty signed in 1945 that formed an alliance of the Eastern European countries behind the Iron Curtain; USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania | 6 | |
61360514 | Korean War | a war between North and South Korea | 7 | |
61360515 | Vietnam War | 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 | 8 | |
61360516 | Cuban Missile Crisis | Brink-of-war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the latter's placement of nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba. (p. 839) | 9 | |
61360517 | Helsinki Accords | 35 nations agreed existing political frontiers that couldnt be changed by force. human rights and political freedoms | 10 | |
61360518 | Non-aligned Nations | Developing countries that announced their neutrality in the Cold War. (p. 846) | 11 | |
61360519 | Third World | underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively | 12 | |
61360520 | Cultural Revolutions | a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard | 13 | |
61360521 | OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; international cartel that inflates price of oil by limiting supply; Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and UAE are prominent members | 14 | |
61360522 | Iron Curtain | a political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eatern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region | 15 | |
61360523 | Cold War | A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted eachother on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. | 16 | |
61385080 | Countries in Warsaw Pact | USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania | 17 |