Cold War revision keywords

Question 1

Cold War

Answer 1

An ideological conflict between the soviet union and united states of America between 1945 and 1991. Both powers sought to be the superior and direct military was avoided

Question 2

Superpower(s)

Answer 2

the USA and the Soviet Union – divide the world into spheres of influence and power blocs.

Question 3

Capitalism

Answer 3

an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.

Question 4

communism

Answer 4

a theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.

Question 5

Ideology

Answer 5

a set of ideas/beliefs formed to run a society or country

Question 6

Sphere of influence

Answer 6

a geographical area under the ideological and political influence of the SU/USA

Question 7

Buffer Zone

Answer 7

an area serving as a physical barrier / separation

Question 8

Iron Curtain

Answer 8

a metaphorical term depicting the division between the capitalist West and communist East

Question 9

Satellite State

Answer 9

A territory under the control of another state

Question 10

Containment

Answer 10

American policy to stop the spread of communism throughout Western Europe

Question 11

MAD

Answer 11

Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 12

De-Stalinisation

Answer 12

the movement away from policies and influences of stalin