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btk cold war
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cold War | the ideological conflict between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the second half of the 20th century |
| Iron Curtain | Name given the line that separated Western(Free) Europe and Soviet controlled communist East Europe |
| Superpower | an extremely powerful nation |
| Communism | a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably |
| Domino Theory | a theory that if one nation becomes Communist-controlled the neighboring nations will also become Communistcontrolled |
| Satellite Nation | a country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation |
| Sphere of Influence | an area not within its own borders where the interest of one large nation are considered to be supreme |
| Berlin Airlift | a 327-day operation in which U.S and British planes flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded the city in 1948 |
| Containment | the blocking of another nation’s attempt to spread its influence, especially the efforts of the United States to block the spread of Soviet influence during the late 1940s and early 1950s |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European countries, the United States, and Canada |
| Ballistic Missile | a rocket-powered object, often carrying a nuclear warhead, which is shot into the air and hits its ground target after a free fall |
| Collective Security | a system of maintaining world peace and security by concerted action on the part of the nations of the world |
| Blacklist | a list of about 500 actors, writers, producers,and directors who were not allowed to work on Hollywood films because of their alleged Communist connections |
| United Nations | an international peacekeeping organization to which most nations in the world belong, founded in 1945 to promote world peace, security, and economic development |
| Peaceful Coexistence | competition without war, or a policy of peace between nations of widely differing political systems and ideologies, especially between Communist and non-Communist nations |
| SALT 1 Treaty | a fiveyear agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union, signed in 1972 that limited the nations’ numbers of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched missiles |
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