State of hostility between nations without actual fighting taking place

American policy meant to prevent the expansion of Communism around the world

Economic program created by the United States to help Western European countries to rebuild and get back on their feet economically after World War II

Period in time when the Soviet Union placed weapons 90 miles from the coast of the United States and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war

Law that legally separated blacks from whites in South Africa

Non-violent activist for the independence of India from British rule.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Ongoing dispute between two religious groups over land and peace in the Middle East

Barrier build by the East German government in an effort to keep their citizens from escaping West

Military alliance formed after World War II in order to protect Western nations from aggressive communist nations

Communist-controlled military alliance formed after World War II in response to the creation of NATO.

Union begun in 1942 as those united against the Axis powers in World War II, later becoming an international peace-keeping and peace-seeking organization of many nations.

a totalitarian form of government or economy in which one party controls all means of production.

an area from which all weaponry is removed and prohibited.

the line of latitude from which Vietnam was divided into north and south

the line of latitude from which Korea was divided into north and south

coined by Winston S. Churchill, it is an imaginary barrier to the passage of people and information between the former Soviet Union and its supporting countries and the West.

a Soviet satellite; the first satellite ever launched into space.

a multi-party system of government in which the people have a say in their own lives.

a nation of supreme power and influence, especially the United States and the former Soviet Union.

the competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to send a man into space.

the U.S. plan to fight communism when or wherever in the world it attempted to spread.

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SS Unit 6 Vocab.

Social Studies Vocab: Post World War II

Question	Answer
Cold War	State of hostility between nations without actual fighting taking place
Containment	American policy meant to prevent the expansion of Communism around the world
Marshall Plan	Economic program created by the United States to help Western European countries to rebuild and get back on their feet economically after World War II
Cuban Missile Crisis	Period in time when the Soviet Union placed weapons 90 miles from the coast of the United States and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
Apartheid	Law that legally separated blacks from whites in South Africa
Mohandas K. Gandhi	Non-violent activist for the independence of India from British rule.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict	Ongoing dispute between two religious groups over land and peace in the Middle East
Berlin Wall	Barrier build by the East German government in an effort to keep their citizens from escaping West
NATO	Military alliance formed after World War II in order to protect Western nations from aggressive communist nations
Warsaw Pact	Communist-controlled military alliance formed after World War II in response to the creation of NATO.
United Nations	Union begun in 1942 as those united against the Axis powers in World War II, later becoming an international peace-keeping and peace-seeking organization of many nations.
Communism	a totalitarian form of government or economy in which one party controls all means of production.
Demilitarized Zone	an area from which all weaponry is removed and prohibited.
17th Parallel	the line of latitude from which Vietnam was divided into north and south
38th Parallel	the line of latitude from which Korea was divided into north and south
Iron Curtain	coined by Winston S. Churchill, it is an imaginary barrier to the passage of people and information between the former Soviet Union and its supporting countries and the West.
Sputnik	a Soviet satellite; the first satellite ever launched into space.
Democracy	a multi-party system of government in which the people have a say in their own lives.
Superpower	a nation of supreme power and influence, especially the United States and the former Soviet Union.
Space Race	the competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to send a man into space.
Truman Doctrine	the U.S. plan to fight communism when or wherever in the world it attempted to spread.

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