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Cold War
Cold War
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History
10th Grade
04/07/2026

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Term
Churchill's term for the divide between East and West Europe
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Iron Curtain
Term
Ideological struggle between the United States and USSR
Definition
Cold War
Term
Military organization formed in Western Europe
Definition
NATO
Term
The Soviet Bloc alternative to NATO
Definition
Warsaw Pact
Term
Countries who didn't side with the US or USSR in the Cold War
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nonaligned
Term
Nonaligned developing countries during the Cold War
Definition
Third - world countries
Term
Conflict between North and South Vietnam
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Vietnam War
Term
Local or regional war backed by 2 different major powers
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Proxy wars
Term
Leftists coalition in Nicaragua
Definition
Sandinistas
Term
Brink - of - war confrontation between the US and USSR in Cuba
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Human rights agreement signed in Finland
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Helsinki Accords
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Vietnamese offensive against the French
Definition
Điện Biên Phủ
Term
Vietnamese offensive against the US
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Tet Offensive
Term
N. Vietnamese leader
Definition
Ho Chi Minh
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S. Vietnamese leader
Definition
Ngô Đình Diệm
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