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The Cold War
Content and Academic Vocab. for Ch. 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| iron curtain | symbolic division between East and West in Europe during the Cold War |
| containment | policy of holding back or stopping communism |
| airlift | delivery of supplies by airplane |
| cold war | a war in which two enemies do not fight in combat but instead compete and conflict in other ways |
| subversion | attempts to overthrow or undermine a government by working secretly within that government |
| espionage | spying |
| perjury | the crime of lying under oath |
| censure | to formally criticize |
| cooperate | to agree or work together |
| pose | to present |
| inflation | increase in prices |
| Fair Deal | a program aimed at solving some of the nation's economic problems after WWII |
| stable | unchanging |
| domestic | having to do with the home country |
| closed shop | practice of business hiring only union members |
| desegregate | to end the system of separating races |
| demilitarized zone | region where military forces are not allowed |
| assure | to promise or make sure |
| conclude | to figure or decide |
| surplus | an amount left over |
| arms race | competition between countries for stronger military power |
| summit | meeting of heads of governments |
| economy | the overall system by which goods are made, distributed and used |
| nuclear | relating to the energy contained in the nucleus of an atom |
| standard of living | a measure of the necessities and comforts enjoyed by an individual or group |
| affluence | having wealth |
| materialism | focus on collecting money and possessions |