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Cold War Era
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a service that someone provides for you for a fee (ex. hotel, restaurant, dry cleaning) | service industry |
| military alliance among nations of Western Europe, the US, and Canada where they agreed to help each other if the USSR (Soviet Union or Russia) attacked | NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
| International organization formed in 1945 to promote peace--and end conflicts between nations | UN (United Nations) |
| Shutting off of an area by troops or ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out | blockade |
| Period of panic and fear that communism was spreading in the United States | Red Scare |
| Race between the US and Soviet Union to explore outer space during the Cold War | Space Race |