AP World History Unit 8 Cold War and
Decolonization Latest 2022 Graded A+
Cold War ✔✔A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly
confronted each other on the battlefield but dea
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AP World History Unit 8 Cold War and
Decolonization Latest 2022 Graded A+
Cold War ✔✔A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly
confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.
Non-Aligned Movement ✔✔The group of nations that didn't side with either the US or the USSR
during the Cold War.
Sukarno ✔✔Leader of Indonesian independence movement; first president of Indonesia
Kwame Nkrumah ✔✔founder of Ghana's independence movement and Ghana's first priesident
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
Warsaw Pact ✔✔An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This
was in response to the NATO
Nuclear Proliferation ✔✔the spread of nuclear weapons to new nations
Korean War ✔✔The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea.
The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.
Angolan Civil War ✔✔When Angola achieved independence, the two major liberation movements
began to squabble over how to rule the country. Ultimately, the United States, the Soviet Union,
and Cuba interfered and exacerbated the problem.
Sandinista and Contras Conflict ✔✔Members of a leftist coalition that overthrew the Nicaraguan
dictatorship of Anastasia Somoza in 1979 and attempted to install a socialist economy. The United
States financed armed opposition who lost national elections in 1990.
China Communist Revolution ✔✔This was a civil war between the Communist and Nationalists.
The communist won out.
Great Leap Forward ✔✔Started by Mao Zedong, combined collective farms into People's
Communes, failed because there was no incentive to work harder, ended after 2 years.
Cultural Revolution ✔✔Campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist
Party of his opponents and instill revolutionary values in the younger generation.
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.
Mengistu Haile Mariam ✔✔Ethiopian soldier and politician who was the leader of Ethiopia from
1977 to 1991.
White Revolution ✔✔The term used by the shah to describe reforms in Iran between the end of
World War II and the downfall of his regime in 1979
Indian National Congress ✔✔A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater
Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class, and its demands were
modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, appealing to the poor.
Ho Chi Minh ✔✔1950s and 60s; communist leader of North Vietnam; used geurilla warfare to
fight anti-comunist, American-funded attacks under the Truman Doctrine; brilliant strategy drew
out war and made it unwinnable
Truman Doctrine ✔✔President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any
country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
Marshall Plan ✔✔A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe
(1948-1952)
Gamal Abdel Nasser ✔✔He led the coup which toppled the monarchy of King Farouk and started
a new period of modernization and socialist reform in Egypt
Muslim League ✔✔an organization formed in 1906 to protect the interests of India's Muslims,
which later proposed that India be divided into separate Muslim and Hindu nations
Quebecois Separatist Movement ✔✔Huge national terrorist group called the FLQ. They firmly
believed that Quebec should separate from Canada, and become it's own, French-speaking country
Biafra ✔✔Eastern Nigerian region inhabited mostly by the Ibo people; in 1967 attempted
unsuccessfully to secede from Nigeria; defeated and reintegrated in 1970.
Partition of India ✔✔India was separated into 2 countries Pakistan for Muslims and India for
Hindus
Israel ✔✔A Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, both in antiquity and again
founded in 1948 after centuries of Jewish diaspora.
Imperial metropoles ✔✔Home country, a base for imperialism
Indira Gandhi ✔✔daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977
(1917-1984)
Julius Nyerere ✔✔President of Tanzania who advocated an African form of socialism
Sirimavo Bandaranaike ✔✔Sri Lankan stateswoman and politician and the modern world's first
female head of government
Mohandas Gandhi ✔✔A philosopher from India, this man was a spiritual and moral leader
favoring India's independence from Great Britain. He practiced passive resistance, civil
disobedience and boycotts to generate social and political change.
Martin Luther King Jr. ✔✔U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted orator, he opposed
discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass
demonstrations. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
Nelson Mandela ✔✔ANC leader imprisoned by Afrikaner regime; released in 1990 and elected as
president of South Africa in 1994.
Augusto Pinochet ✔✔Chilean militar leader who in a coup deposed Salvador Allende -
communist, elected leader - created one party rule dictatorship with human rights abuses
Fransisco Franco ✔✔Leader of France, conservative general, lead the Spanish civil war, turns into
fascist dictator
military-industrial complex ✔✔an alleged alliance between military leaders and corporate leaders
Shining Path ✔✔a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the
communist party of Peru
Al Qaeda ✔✔Islamist terrorist organization that launched a series of attacks against U.S.
Soviet-Afghan War ✔✔war between Afghanistan and USSR. Afghanistan wins with the help of
the US. Big defeat for the USSR.
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