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chp 27 vocab
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10th Grade
04/18/2012

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agency
Definition
a group that provides a service
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marshall plan
Definition
the american plan to rebuild europe after ww2
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SATELLITE A
Definition
A NATION THAT ANOTHER NATION TIGHTLY CONTROLS
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Truman doctrine
Definition
A NATION THAT ANOTHER NATION resident truman`s plan to stop the spread of communitsm
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holocaust
Definition
Hitler`s plan to kill all the Jews in Europe
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charter
Definition
a constituition; a set of statements that explains a group`s purpose
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north alantic treaty (Nato)
Definition
a group of 19 nations committed to protecting one another from attack and keeping world peace
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organization
Definition
a group of people joined together for a common purpose
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concentration camp
Definition
a large prison death camp
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superpower
Definition
a nation that has more power than other countries
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buffer zone
Definition
a nueutral area that separats two warring countries
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refugee
Definition
a person who is forced to flee from his or her country
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trust territory
Definition
a territory that the allies took from the countries that lost world war 1 & world war 2
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truce
Definition
an agreement to stop a war for a time
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invisible
Definition
cannot be seen
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mentally ill
Definition
having a sickness of the mind
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genocide
Definition
mass murder of a group of people
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propaganda
Definition
one- sided information ment to change people`s thinking
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united nations
Definition
the international organization that works to settle disagreements, improve the way people live, & keep peace around the world
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iron curtain
Definition
the invisible boundary bettween western europe & EASTERN EUROPE AFTER WORL WAR 2
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cold war
Definition
the war propaganda between the united states & the soviet union after world war 2
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berlin airlifte
Definition
the western method of getting around the 1948 soviet blockade by flying supplies into berlin
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warsaw pact
Definition
treaty that set up a military alliance between the soviet union & its satellite nations
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