1.

Second World countries refer to the Communist – Socialist Bloc industrial countries aligned
with the USSR sphere of influence and oppose NATO member – states (US and Western
Europe). These countries include:

 USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

 China
 North Korea
 Vietnam
 East Germany
 Poland
 Hungary
 Romania
 Yugoslavia
 Czechoslovakia

2. First World countries refer to capitalized, industrialized countries that were aligned within US
and Western Europe sphere of influence. These countries include:

 United States
 United Kingdom
 France
 Italy
 West Germany
 Canada
 Japan
 South Korea
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Denmark
 Norway
 Iceland
 Turkey
 Greece
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Luxembourg
 Israel

3. Countries that are called Third World vary dependently during time periods. In the Cold War,
Third World countries refer to countries that are unaffiliated with the NATO nor with the
Communist Bloc. Today, the term Third World refers to countries which are developing in
economic capability. Countries that are referred to as Third World during the Cold War
includes; states of the African Continent, Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Yemen,
Qatar, Bahrain, Libya, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, etc.), South Asian countries (India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Nepal), Southeast Asian countries (Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore,
Thailand, Cambodia), and Latin America countries.