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Chapter 12 Vocab
Social Studies
Question | Answer |
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Division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War | Iron Curtain |
Policy of holding back or stopping communism | Containment |
Delivery of supplies by airplane | Airlift |
A war without actual combat | Cold War |
Secret attempts to overthrow a government from within | Subversion |
Spying | Espionage |
The crime of lying under oath | Perjury |
Formally criticize | Censure |
Rise in prices | Inflation |
Truman's postwar program aimed at solving some of the economic problems after WWII | Fair Deal |
An agreement where a business owner only hires union members | Closed shop |
End the system of separating races | Desegregate |
A region in which no military forces are allowed | Demilitarized zone |
An amount left over after meeting all expenses | Surplus |
Competition between countries for stronger military power | Arms race |
Meeting of the heads of government | Summit |
Measure of the economic comfort enjoyed by a group | Standard of living |
Having greater wealth | Affluence |
Focus on collecting money and possessions | Materialism |