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Ch 27 vocab
Term | Definition |
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Iron Curtain | Countries of Eastern Europe under the influence of the Soviet Union/USSA |
Containment | the policy or process of preventing the expansion of a hostile power |
Airlift | system of transporting food and supplies by aircraft into an area otherwise impossible to reach |
Cold War | struggle over political differences between nations carried on by methods short of direct conflict |
Inflation | continuous rise in the price of goods and services |
Closed Shop | a workplace in which the employer by agreement hires only union members |
Stalemate | a situation during a conflict when action stops because both sides are equally powerful and neither will give in |
Demilitarized Zone | a region where no military forces or weapons are permitted |
Subversion | an attempt to overthrow a government by persons working secretly from within |
Blacklist | list of persons who are disapproved of and are punished, such as by being refused jobs |
Perjury | lying when one has sworn an oath to tell the truth |
Allege | state as fact but without proof |
Censure | to express formal disapproval of some action |