Cold War Flashcards
Super power
Country has dominant power internationally
Able to influence events world wide
Weapons
Propaganda
Spying
Economic influence
Gain most power and status
Arms race
Rivalry between USA and Soviet Union
During the Cold war
Who could have most weapons
Supremacy in nuclear warfare
Space Race
Competition of the USA and USSR for status
In the eyes of world
First to explore space
Ideology
A collection of ideas that guide a group of people
Allies
Group of countries
Britain, America
Fought together in ww1 and 2
Berlin wall
A barrier
Divided Berlin by East and West
Capitalism
Economic system
Businesses+industry controlled
Run for profit
Private owners not government
Cold war
Very unfriendly relationship between 2 countries
Not actually fighting one another
Situation between US and USSR
After ww2
Communism
Political movement believes
Economic system- state controls means of producing everything
On behalf of people
Create society- everyone treated equal
Nuclear
Connected with weapons
Use nuclear energy
USSR
The former union of soviet socialist republic