Cold War Vocabulary
Cold War
Rivalry
Dictatorship
Intervene
Stalemate
Partitioned
Capitalism
Domino Theory
Theory of Deterrence
Containment
Communism
Parallel
Democracy
Blockade
Tension and rivalry but no fighting between the United States and the Soviet
Union
Competition between two groups; each group tries to be better than the
other
An economic system where people share work fairly and paid equally
An economic system where business is privately owned and money is used to
make more money
A type of government where all power is given to a dictator
A type of government where the people have the power to rule
A policy to stop (or contain) the spread of communism
To be divided in two (Germany was partitioned after the war).
An understanding that any attack would result in both sides being destroyed.
Both the United States and the Soviet Union were prepared to respond if they
were attacked by the other. The opposite of appeasement.
To get involved or to get between any two things
A latitude line; an imaginary line around the earth measuring distance from
the equator
A tie; neither side is able to beat the other
A block or barrier
The fear that if one country becomes communist they will all eventually fall to
communism, just like a row of dominos falling over in a line