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5th Chap. 13 Vocab
5th Chap. 13 The Cold War Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the act of interfering with the outcome of a situation, typically taken to improve a situation | intervention |
| a competition between countries to achieve superiority in technological advancements | space race |
| a competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military weapons and technology | arms race |
| term used to describe the border between Western Europe and the communist countries of Eastern Europe | iron curtain |
| surrounding a enemy's territory in wartime to keep people and supplies from passing | blockade |
| an extremely powerful nation | super power |
| related to the division and joining of atoms as a method to release energy | nuclear |
| destroyed or ruined | devastated |
| a projectile, often used to launch a weapon | missile |
| system where the government owns the factories and natural resources and controls the production of goods | communism |
| a natural or human-made item that orbits a planet | satellite |