Cold war vocab Flashcards
Truman Doctrine
policy of providing aid to help foreign countries fight communism
Marshall Plan
program under which the U.S. gave aid to Western European countries to rebuild and stabilize their economies defensive military alliance of the U.S., Canada, and ten Western European nations
Containment
goal of preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence
Warsaw Pact
alliance between Soviet Union and Eastern European countries
Arms Race
competition between U.S. and Soviet Union for greater military might
Proxy Wars
a war instigated by a major power which does not itself become involved.
Communist
a person who supports or believes in the principles of communism.
Democracy
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Reparations
the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.
Berlin Wall
a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin
Berlin Airlift
one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brinkmanship
the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics.
Sputnik
Soviet Union launched the earth’s first artificial satellite
Domino Theory
the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall.
Iron Curtain
a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989.
Totalitarianism
a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
Capitalism
an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Space Race
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between the USA and USSR
In 1949 the United States and European countries worked together to form an alliance for protection against Communist aggression called N.A.T.O. What does N.A.T.O stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Who was the dictator that controlled the Soviet Union?
Stalin
Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?
The Berlin wall
A system where the government owns the factories and other natural s AND controls the production of goods is known as _____________________.
Communism, also known as a command system
The Allied victory in World War II led to the emergence of TWO global superpowers. What were those TWO superpowers?
Us and USSR
