State of tension and hostility between nations aligned with the United States on one side and the Soviet Union on the other

In June 1945, 50 countries signed a charter creating this international organization

13-day standoff between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. over missile installations in the Caribbean

This event, in which the U.S. allied with the South, resulted in the creation of the DMZ

Weapons that can shoot down enemy missiles

Nations stronger than other powerful nations

This organization was founded to contain Soviet expansion in Europe

This threat, in which both sides possessed nuclear weapons, created a “balance of terror” between the U.S. & U.S.S.R.

In an attempt to establish a society of peasants and workers in which all were equal, Mao Zedong led Chinese students in this major uprising

Thin band of territory across the Korean Peninsula separating North Korean forces from South Korean forces

System of thought, belief, and values

This alliance was the Soviet Union’s response to NATO

This American policy of containing the expansion of Soviet influence around the world was named after a president

This event began with the creation of a Jewish state in 1948 and continues today

Forced joining together of workers and property, specifically rural peasants and their land

U.S. strategy of keeping communism within its existing boundaries and preventing its further expansion

Like this earlier post-WWI organization, the purpose of the United Nations was to maintain peace and prevent the outbreak of war

The United States’ response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin

Brief period of liberal reforms during which the people of Czechoslovakia enjoyed greater freedom under Alexander Dubcek

“Openness”; Soviet policy of greater freedom of expression

Relaxation of Cold War tensions during the 1970s

The Security Council of the UN is made up of these five nations

American program of providing $12.5 billion of aid to devastated European countries following WWII

He was the leader of North Vietnam in its victory against South Vietnam and the United States

“Restructuring”; Soviet policy of democratic and free-market reforms