Cold War vocabulary Flashcards
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containment
goal of preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence
Truman doctrine
policy of providing aid to help foreign countries fight communism
Marshall Plan
program under which the U.S. gave aid to Western European countries to rebuild and stabilize their economies defensive military alliance of the U.S., Canada, and ten Western European nations
Warsaw Pact
alliance between Soviet Union and Eastern European countries
arms race
competition between U.S. and Soviet Union for greater military might
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was a political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II
Proxy Wars
a war instigated by a major power which does not itself become involved.
Communist
a person who supports or believes in the principles of communism.
Democracy
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Reparations
the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989
NATO
NATO is an alliance of countries from Europe and North America.
Brinkmanship
a foreign policy practice in which one or both parties force the interaction between them to the threshold of confrontation in order to gain an advantageous negotiation position over the other
Sputnik
A attendant or companion traveler
Domino Theory
A theory were if one thing happens to one person/thing that it will happen to everyone/everything else.
Totalitarianism
a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
Capitalism
goal of preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence
Space Race
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals
In 1949 the United States and European countries worked together to form an alliance for protection against Communist aggression called N.A.T.O. What does N.A.T.O stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union?
Stalin
Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?
The Berlin Wall, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.
A system where the government owns the factories and other natural resources AND controls the production of goods is known as _____________________.
Communism, also known as a command system
The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of TWO global superpowers. What were those TWO superpowers?
US and USSR
Type of government where the government owns everything and makes all the decisions.
Communism
