📚 Year 10 CIE History: Key Vocabulary & Terminology Quick-Memorisation Guide | Year 10 CIE 历史：词汇术语速记指南
Mastering historical vocabulary is essential for success in CIE Year 10 History. This guide provides quick memory aids for key terms from the Cold War, international relations, and source analysis topics. Each term is explained with a simple definition and a mnemonic to help you recall it effortlessly.
掌握历史词汇是 CIE Year 10 历史考试成功的关键。本指南为冷战、国际关系和史料分析中的关键术语提供快速记忆辅助。每个术语都配有简单的定义和助记法，帮助你轻松记忆。
1. Cold War Basics | 冷战基础术语
Cold War: The period of tension between the USA and USSR from roughly 1947 to 1991, fought through proxy wars, arms races, and propaganda. Memory trick: imagine two people giving each other the 'cold shoulder' – no direct fight but clear hostility.
冷战：大致从1947年至1991年美苏之间的紧张时期，通过代理人战争、军备竞赛和宣传进行对抗。记忆窍门：想象两个人互相“冷落”——没有直接冲突但敌意明显。
Superpower strength, and economic power. The USA and USSR were the two superpowers after WWII. Think 'super' = above all others.
超级大国：拥有主导全球影响力、强大军事和经济实力的国家。二战后美苏是两个超级大国。联想“超级”= 凌驾于他国之上。
Bipolar world: A global order dominated by two rival superpowers, leading to two opposing camps. Remember 'bi' means two, like bicycle.
两极世界：由两个对立超级大国主导的全球秩序，形成两个对立阵营。记住“两”就是二，如同自行车（bi-cycle）。
2. Ideological Divide | 意识形态分歧
Capitalism tem based on private ownership, free markets, and profit. Associated with the USA. Memory: 'capital' = money; think of a capitalist with a top hat and cash.
资本主义：基于私有制、自由市场和利润的经济体系。与美国相联系。记忆：“资本” = 金钱；想象一个戴高帽拿钞票的资本家。
Communism for a classless society where the state owns all property. USSR followed communism. Trick: 'commune' = shared community.
共产主义：旨在建立无阶级社会、国家拥有所有财产的意识形态。苏联奉行共产主义。窍门：“共产”即共同拥有。
Iron Curtain: The ideological and physical divide between Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe and the West. Churchill popularised the term. Visualise a heavy iron curtain falling across a map of Europe.
铁幕：苏联控制的东欧与西方之间的意识形态和物理边界。丘吉尔使这一术语流行。可设想一幅欧洲地图上落下一道沉重的铁幕。
3. Containment & Truman Doctrine | 遏制政策与杜鲁门主义
Containment: US policy to prevent the spread of communism beyond its existing borders. Think of a container that stops a liquid from spilling – communism cannot leak out.
遏制政策：美国阻止共产主义在现有边界之外扩散的政策。想象一个容器防止液体溢出——共产主义无法外泄。
Truman Doctrine: President Truman's 1947 declaration that the USA would support free peoples resisting communist takeover. Remember it as 'Truman's promise to help Greece and Turkey'.
杜鲁门主义：杜鲁门总统1947年宣布美国将支持自由民族抵抗共产主义夺权的宣言。记忆为“杜鲁门对希腊和土耳其的援助承诺”。
Domino Theory: The belief that if one country fell to communism, neighbouring countries would follow. Visualise a row of dominoes toppling one after another.
多米诺骨牌理论：认为如果一国落入共产主义，邻国会相继倒下的信念。可想象一排多米诺骨牌依次倒下。
4. Marshall Plan & Economic Recovery | 马歇尔计划与经济复苏
Marshall Plan: A massive US aid programme from 1948 to rebuild Western European economies and resist communism. Think of 'Marshall' as the 'marshalling' of resources.
马歇尔计划：1948年起美国大规模援助西欧经济重建以抵御共产主义的计划。联想“Marshall”（元帅）即“集结”资源。
COMECON: The Soviet response to the Marshall Plan, an economic organisation for Eastern Bloc countries. Acronym for Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. Remember 'Come-con' as 'come to the communist economy'.
COMECON（经济互助委员会）：苏联对马歇尔计划的回应，为东方集团国家设立的经济组织。全称经济互助委员会。可记作“Come-con”意为“来共产主义经济”。
Dollar imperialism: A Soviet term accusing the Marshall Plan of being a form of American economic domination. Simply: 'using dollars to create an empire'.
美元帝国主义：苏联术语，指责马歇尔计划是美国经济支配的一种形式。简言之：“用美元建立帝国”。
5. Military Alliances: NATO & Warsaw Pact | 军事联盟：北约与华约
NATO: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, a military alliance formed in 1949 by Western powers. Key principle: collective security – an attack on one is an attack on all. Mnemonic: 'No Attack To Others' (NATO) if you don't want counterattack.
北约：北大西洋公约组织，1949年由西方列强组成的军事联盟。基本原则：集体安全——对一国的攻击视同对全体的攻击。
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