Vocabulary Word
1.
Cold War
Definition the global struggle for power and influence between the United
States and the Soviet Union that followed World War II
2. bipolar organized around two opposite extremes
(EX: U.S. capitalism as opposed to Soviet communism)
3. containment the U.S. policy of fighting the spread of communism by limiting it to countries where it already existed
4.
arms race a competition to develop more and more powerful weapons
5.
Demilitarized zone
A region where no military forces or weapons are permitted
6.
iron curtain the political and military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe after World War II-Churchill said this
7.airlift
8. proxy wars
9. blacklist
10. Domino theory
11. The Marshall Plan a system of transporting food and supplies by aircraft into an area otherwise impossible to reach wars in which the superpowers backed different sides that acted as substitutes (proxies) for the superpowers themselves list of persons who are disapproved of and are punished, such as by being refused jobs the belief that if one nation in Asia fell to the Communists, neighboring countries would follow
The plan to rebuild Europe after WWII by providing massive financial aid (money)to rebuild Europe and to prevent the spread of Communism