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7-6:1 Westrn and Est
Krystal Haltiwanger, Western and Eastern Europe, Hardy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Superpower | No other country could match its military strength |
| Cold War | War of ideals between US and Soviet Union |
| United Nations | Delegates from 50 drew up a charter for this. It replaced the League of Nations as a world peacekeeping organization |
| Satellite state | Countries controlled by a more powerful nation |
| Policy of containment | George F. Kennan argued that the US should contain or hold back the spread of communism |
| Truman Doctrine | Harry S Truman speech |
| Marshall Plan | Pumped $13 billion into the region |
| Occupation zone | Each of the four main Allied powers occupied and managed each zone |
| Berlin airlift | Organized by Truman for a year, cargo plaines filled with supplies kept the people of West Berlin alive |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| Warsaw Pact | An alliance called the Southeast Treaty Organization |
| SEATO | Southeast Treaty of Organization |
| CENTO | Central Treaty Organization had six members- Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Great Britain, and the US |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| Free-trade area | Set up by the members of the EEC, agreed not to place tariffs on imported goods sold by a member states. |