Cold War Vocab and Key Terms

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Across
  1. 2. state a country that is formally independent but under the control or influence of another country
  2. 5. a system of racial segregation and discrimination against nonwhite South Africans that lasted until the early 1990s. Details: The National Party in South Africa denied nonwhites many basic human rights. They controlled where these individuals could live and work, what they could and couldn’t study, and who they could marry.
  3. 8. an area where weapons and military forces are forbidden. Details: The 38th parallel is a region that separates North Korea from South Korea. In 1953, the two sides in the Korean War signed a truce that called for neutrality at the 38th parallel.
  4. 10. bloc a group of nations under the control of the Soviet Union
  5. 11. the inability to pay debts; bankruptcy
  6. 13. a U.S. Cold War policy of providing military and economic aid to protect countries from communist takeover
  7. 15. the division of a country
  8. 16. a political movement that supports the concerns of common people
  9. 17. a public vote on a single political question. Details: The result of a referendum initiated by French President de Gaulle gave former French colonies the freedom to control their own internal affairs; however, the French retained control over their economic policy, foreign affairs, and military.
  10. 18. Islamic guerilla fighters. Details: During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the United States and Pakistan helped the mujahideen.
Down
  1. 1. straying from the revolutionary spirit of Marxist doctrine
  2. 3. in China, a grouping of collective farms in which people lived and worked together to produce both crops and industrial goods
  3. 4. a policy of not allying with other countries, specifically with either the communist or noncommunist countries during the Cold War.
  4. 6. war a war in which one or both sides are supported by, and serve the interests of, another country
  5. 7. the continuation of dependence on, and domination by, a colonial power. Details: African nations lacked the expertise and capital to develop their own economy. They borrowed money from European nations whose economies were stronger.
  6. 9. the belief that if one country becomes communist, its neighbors will fall to communism
  7. 11. to rigidly train in a theory or doctrine
  8. 12. the belief that God does not exist. Details: The Catholic people of Poland were angry about the policies imposed on them by Stalin, which included the beliefs of atheism.
  9. 14. the administrative control over a territory by one or more countries. Details: Since Korea was divided at 38 degrees north of the equator, this trusteeship gave Soviets control of the norther portion of Korea and gave Americans control of the southern portion of Korea. At the Potsdam Conference, the countries in control agreed that this trusteeship would last for five years.