Cold War vocab

Question 1

to stop working, end suddenly/fail

Answer 1

collapse

Question 2

striving to gain or win

Answer 2

competition

Question 3

to help someone in need

Answer 3

aid

Question 4

weapons

Answer 4

arms

Question 5

practice of negotiating

Answer 5

diplomacy

Question 6

to restrict or hold

Answer 6

contain

Question 7

use of power to manage

Answer 7

control

Question 8

the state of being the most powerful

Answer 8

supremacy

Question 9

a statement of harm or punishment toward others

Answer 9

threat

Question 10

armed rebellion against own government

Answer 10

insurgency

Question 11

condition of stress or strain

Answer 11

tension

Question 12

action that is meant to change something

Answer 12

intervention

Question 13

to help something grow or move forward

Answer 13

promote

Question 14

representation of something

Answer 14

symbolize

Question 15

agreement, usually between countries

Answer 15

treaty

Question 16

dissenting political group within a larger one

Answer 16

factions

Question 17

make something stronger and more solid

Answer 17

consolidate

Question 18

differences/contrasts between things/people

Answer 18

distinctions

Question 19

condition of being successful or thriving

Answer 19

prosperity

Question 20

permission for something to happen

Answer 20

consent

Question 21

to take up a place

Answer 21

occupy

Question 22

to hold within

Answer 22

containing

Question 23

lack of alliance with other nations

Answer 23

nonalignment

Question 24

the authority of a state to govern itself

Answer 24

sovereignty

Question 25

the state of having maximum productivity

Answer 25

efficiency

Question 26

the right to vote

Answer 26

suffrage

Question 27

to make united, uniform or whole

Answer 27

unified

Question 28

originating in a particular place

Answer 28

indigenous

Question 29

keeping things free from damage

Answer 29

preservation

Question 30

to take apart

Answer 30

dismantle

Question 31

attitudes, activities, and practices that are not religious

Answer 31

secular

Question 32

competence/knowledge in a particular area

Answer 32

literacy

Question 33

people or places that are freed

Answer 33

liberated

Question 34

rarely

Answer 34

seldom

Question 35

traveling by sea

Answer 35

seafaring