Chapter 20 Vocabulary

Question 1

East European nations politically and economically under Soviet Domination; country dominated or controlled by another more powerful country

Answer 1

satellite nation

Question 2

large scale forced removal of officials who show signs of disloyalty to their superiors

Answer 2

purge

Question 3

area designed to separate and serve as a protective barrier; neutral area separating conflicting forces

Answer 3

buffer

Question 4

soldier who barrages the enemy with surprise attacks, harassment, sabotage, and other non-traditional warfare

Answer 4

guerilla

Question 5

Policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile power ; post World War II foreign policy stating the United States would hold Soviet influence within its existing limits

Answer 5

containment

Question 6

an agreement to provide for common defense

Answer 6

collective security

Question 7

boundary of military protection

Answer 7

defense perimeter

Question 8

One resulting from a dispute between over which union should represent the workers in a company or industry

Answer 8

jurisdictional strike

Question 9

requiring of an employer under a union rule of safety statue to hire more employees them are needed

Answer 9

featherbedding

Question 10

person working secretly, attempting to overthrow or undermine a government or political system

Answer 10

subversive

Question 11

system of government in which the communist party controls the political, economic, cultural, and social life of the people; economic system in which society as a whole, represented by the Communist party, owns all means of production, distribution, and exchange of goods

Answer 11

communism