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- Q1arms racea competition for supremacy in weapons and technology between the United States (and their NATO allies) and the Soviet Union (and their Warsaw Pact allies) during the Cold War30s
- Q2Berlin Wall(1961-1989) barrier built by the Soviet Union to separate west and east Berlin30s
- Q3Cold War(1945-1991) a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States and its capitalist allies) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its communist allies)30s
- Q4containmenta strategy of keeping communism within its existing boundaries and preventing its further expansion. This policy meant the United States would support any nation facing an external or internal communist threat.30s
- Q5Cuban Missile Crisis(1962) a confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States regarding the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba30s
- Q6Detentethe time in the Cold War between 1969 and 1979 when tension between the Soviet Union and the United States relaxed30s
- Q7Korean War(1950- 1953) a civil war between the nations of North Korea (supported by the USSR) and South Korea (supported by USA), which were created out of the occupation zones of the Soviet Union and United States established at the end of World War II30s
- Q8Marshall Planthe United State's economic recovery plan to offer assistance to countries after WWII so those countries would favor capitalism over communism30s
- Q9Non-Aligned Movementa group of countries who chose not to choose a side between the US and USSR during the Cold War30s
- Q10North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)military alliance formed by countries in western European, the United States, Canada, and others30s
- Q11Potsdam Agreement(1945) agreement between Great Britain, USA, and USSR for the military occupation and reconstruction of Germany30s
- Q12proxy warwars in which those fighting are supported by other nations; proxy wars were common during the Cold War between groups supported by the USSR and those supported by the USA30s
- Q13satellite statecountry that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic and military influence or control from another country30s
- Q14Soviet-Afghan War(1979-1989) a conflict in which the Soviet Union supported a communist government in Afghanistan and the United States supported rebels known as the Mujahideen30s
- Q15superpowera nation with a great deal of power and influence over other nations; during the Cold War the Soviet Union and USA were superpowers30s