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Angela Corrao Social Studies page 805 questions 1-4 4.7 1. **Gamal Abdel** **Nasser** nationalized, or bought under government control, the Suez Canal from British control. **Hi Chi Minh** was the leader of the Communists. ** Dien Bien Phu ** was where the Vietminh forces trapped 25,000 French troops on March 1954. 2. **Arm race-** The competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to build more and more weapons in an effort to surpass the other’s military strength 3. The superpowers built immensely destructive hydgron bombs, nuclear weapons that were many times more powerful then atomic bombs. They developed a variety of guided missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheards. Eisenhower was willing to send massive aid to Veitnam becuase they got government funding, which caused then to be able to send bombs and missles and get ahead to the rest.
 * Geneva Accords ** was an agreement that temporarily divided Vietnam.
 * Fidel Castro ** was the one who formed a new government in January 1959.
 * Nikita Khrushchev ** emerged as the dominant leader, who in the mid 1950’s was interested in easing the cold was tensions and improving relations.
 * Domino theory- ** The belief that if one nation in Asia fell to the Communists, neighboring countries would follow
 * Summit- ** A meeting of heads of government
 * Peaceful coexistence- ** Agreement between opposing countries that they will complete with one another but will avoid war

4. The Soviet launch of Sputnik affected science and technology in the United States becuase it made project mercury the nations first program to put an astronaut in space. The government encouraged science education by providing more funds for the teaching of science and teachnology in the nation's school.