AP World History Unit 8: Cold War & Decolonization Latest 2022 Rated A

Cold War A sometimes physical but also ideological conflict between the US and the Soviet Union lasting c. . The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats and proxy wars; capitalism vs. communism Non-Alignment Movement a group of states which are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc of the Cold War; didn't want to take sides in the war; examples include: Sukarno in Indonesia and Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance of capitalist nations made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; included US, England, France, Canada, and Western European countries Warsaw Pact An alliance between the Soviet Union and other communist Eastern European nations; formed in response to NATO Proxy War a war in which the powers in conflict use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly; happened often during the Cold War including the Korean War, Angolan Civil War, and the Sandinista-Contras conflict in Nicaragua Mao Zedong () Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew the Nationalists. Established China as the People's Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976; led the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution to bring economic and cultural change to Communist China