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Cold War Vocabulary
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7th Grade
12/06/2017

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Berlin Airlift
Definition
cargo planes filled with supplies in order to get around the Berlin blockade
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Cold War
Definition
war of ideals
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Domino Theory
Definition
if Vietnam fell to communism then other countries would follow
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Great Leap Forward
Definition
five year economic plan in China created by Mao Zedong
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Iron Curtain
Definition
invisible political line that divided democratic and communist nations in Europe
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Marshall Plan
Definition
$13 billion given to Western Europe
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NATO
Definition
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; democratic gov’ts
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Nuclear Annihilation
Definition
to completely destroy something with nuclear weapons
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Policy of containment
Definition
to hold back the spread of communism
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Satellite states
Definition
countries controlled by a more powerful nation
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Space Race
Definition
US and USSR competition to conquer outer space
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Superpowers
Definition
US and USSR; no other country could match their military strength
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Truman Doctrine
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Truman's promise to fight the spread of communism
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United Nations
Definition
replace the League of Nations as a world peace keeping organization
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Warsaw Pact
Definition
alliance made up of communist govt's
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